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He was made in the Image of that Plurality, uaHaa ^nvro How many are thefe Perfons ? Three. How doth that appear ? 1. In the Old Teftamenr, i Saw. xxiii. 2. Vfal. xxxiii. 6. Ifa. xlii. i. u P 2. In the New, Mat. iii. 16, 17. I«&. i. jy. jC^-fift 2 Cor. xiii. 14. rtfr-*.- i*fi** '■ Wherein is delivered, P J/fawtyi 1. Their Names/ xA^ 1. God the Father. This none deny. Vkl I. B a. God Thefaurus Tbeologitus. 2. God the Son, John i. i. i John v. 10. j ^ f> John xx. 28. Vhil ii. 6, 7. otherwife he C/im^^r 9 - y could not be our Saviour. P.w£> Zttyp' 5. The Holy Ghoft, 1 Cor. iii. 16. Matt, xii, 2. Their Order, Afoff. xxvni. 19. %. That they are but One God, i John v. 7. Observ.'H. M'Oliree^erfons concurfeag^ in the Creation of Man: J 1. Becaufe he was the Head of the Creation. 2. Made in the Image of God. A-/22. tJ s e. Therefore Man is Bound to WorfhifJ every One,<^y^^**^ '*** Ur*>fy 1. With Faith, John xiv. 1. 2. Fear, Jer. v. 22. 3. Love, Dent. vi. j. 4. Truft, Prov. iii. f. 5. Prayer, A8$ vii. $9. L«£e xvii. J. 6. Joy, P£/7. iv. 4. 7. Thankfulnefs, Ato. xi. 2j. Oes erv. III. Man was made in the Image of G o d ; which appeared^ I. In his Nature. His Soul being, 1. Spiritual, Gen. ii. 7. 2. Rational. 3. Endowed with Free-will, Deut. xxx. 19^ 4. Capable of the Enjoyment of Gop* 1 Cor. xiii. n. J. Immortal, Matt. xxv. 46. II. In his Uprightnefs, Ecclef. vii. 29. £/>&. iv. 29. 1. In his Mind, knowing God, Joh. xvii. jl 2. In his Will, ehufing God as his chiefeft Good.* Tbcfdurus Theologicus. j 3. In his Affe&ions and Inclinations, Vfalm lxxiii. 2 J. III. In his Eftate and Condition. 1. Becaufe he was made Happy. 2. Had Power over all other earthly Crea- tures, Gen. i. 28, Use. j] Admire the Goodnefs of God in our Creation, Vfalm c. 1,2,2. 2. Bewail our Lofs of this Image. 3. Endeavour to have it repaired, Epb.iv. 24. 1. Be fenfible of your Lofs. 2. Believe on J f.sus Christ, i Cor. i. 30. 3. Frequent Publick Ordinances, Rom. x. 17. 4. Maintain your Authority over, and be not fubjed to the World. £. Live up according to that Image ycii were made in. B z G Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. G e N. xlix. 10* The Scepter /hall not depart from Ju~ dab, &c. 1. "Ik /f AN being fallen from GOD, could.not IV 1 recover himfdf. p • /-*<>• 2. Hence the Son of GOD undertook to Re- deem him. /?. /2 oT 3. To do this, he was to become Man. 4. Hence a Time was fee when he mould be- come Man, GjL iv. 4. f. Before he came, GOD revealed him to his People, G#». ix. 2 f. 3. Gen. xlix. 10. Where underftand, j. By Scepter, Government. 2. By Departing, total Departing. ;. By Jttdab, the Tribe: 2 Reg. xvii. &»/* mittuz.tr having carried the Ten away Captive. 4. By Lawgiver^ Jj)ui jxs dicit. ?. By, from between his Feet, his Pofterity born of him, 6. By Tbefauftu Tbeohgicw. 6. By Sbilo, Mifjidb. So Jon.itu. & T.:rg. Hiero(olyw. nW© dud rruo aipjr T3FI, k*&. 0^;. So alfo AbrahentU. So alfo in the Talmud in Bcrcjltitk Ra$ba i If won then.' nVu 7. By the gathering of the People to him, Obedience to him, S^S? * tjfj'P! in Ara- bick, Paruity obedkns fuit. Vrov xxx. 17. qn rnprS pan To fhew when the Prophecy thus explafn'd was fulfilled : Conlider, 1. When Jfsus wils born, Herod was King, an hlunnvan by Father's, Arabian by Mother's lidc,- tho' a Profclyte, yet not of Judabi Pofteriiy. Non dtfuit JudJeorum Vrinceps ex judais ufque ad iftum Htrodtm auem pr'imum accepertint ali&ilgenoM Regent, Auguft. So Euftbiujj Hid. !. i, c. 6. St. jerome. Hence fome, 'H(uJ)iv uyZtnu Xet&v xietop Epiph. Herodiani llcrodcm regent fufcefire pro Cbrifto, (Heron, Matt. xxii. 1 6. ft{ark iii. 6. Chap. viii. if. 2. JSut the Jen's in VLrocH Time had their Sanhedrim, Pppp rTJTIJD & nVftyfl j TFUD, be- fpre v/hich HtrW himielf was brought, and fcarcel) cfcaped with his Life, Jofcpb. I. 14. 18. But he atcer, n«tV-ra? *wwt?«»-« ts\j &v tJ vmfiiy. Jojeph. I. 14. 18. But this Sanhedrim was taken away, nan |mn D^ip n*p CTJXTW 40 Years before the Deftructicn of the Temple, David Qanjws % and Tamtud, And fo, juft when our Saviour ap- peared in the World, John xviii. ;r. 6 Thejaurus Tbeolagicw. 'AfjiA, yd dwn( eif ctvQpuTrisf mtfiv ^ to IvJkfay ^3>)f«7B @a,oi\eioV' Eufeb. ;. The whole Prophecy was fulfilled at the Deftru&ion of the Temple, for then were the Nations converted to Christ. Use. i. Obferve the Certainty of Scripture, fore- telling Things 1700 Years to come. 2. Jesus is the Christ, Jphnxx, 31, Exhortation. j. Blefs God. 1. For making, 2. For fulfilling this Promife, Luke ii. 13, 14^ Let your Thankfulnefs be expreffed, 1. By a ferious Meditation upon the Mercies of God, in fending his Son into the World ; for this is the Mercy of all Mercies. 2. By a fmcere and hearty Obedience to all the Laws of fo good and gracious a God. 2. By a liberal Contribution to the Poor, that they may rejoice too. 4. By addrefling yourfelv'es with all Hu- mility and Reverence to the Sacra- ment, that you may partake of his Merits, who, as upon this Day, came into the World to fave you from your Sins, and bring you to Heaven. Exod* Thejaurus Theologicus. W Exod, iii. 14. / rvnH vjn rrrw Hich Name denotes, I. HisExiftence. II. His EiTence, and in that, 1. His Unity, Deut. vi. 4. 1 Cor. viii. 4, $, Whence learn, 1. To apprehend as but one GOD, tho' Three Perfons. 2. To worfhip and fervc but one GOD 2. His Independency, Pfal. 1. 10, 11, 12. 1. Admire his Mercy. 2. Dread his Juftice. 5. His Self fufficiency, TJ *i, Aeuf, D«n. 1. Intereft your felves in him. 2. Rely upon him. 4. His Caufality, Act. xvii. 28. 1. Acknowledge and conceive him as your Maker. 2. Give yourfclves to him, who gave your felves to you. 7. His Immutability, Hcb. xiii. 8. fat. L I7 t A////, iii. 6. 1. Truit in his Promifec. 2. Tremble at his Threatnings. 6. His Sovereignty, P/*/. xlvii. 2. A/.-?/, i. 14, 1. Obey his Commands chearfully. 2. Suffer his Punifhments patiently. 7. His Immcnfity, ?j.d. exxxix. 7. X. Often be thinking of his Prefence. 3. Ad always as in his Prefence, P 4 8. His 8 Tbefaurus Theologicus. 8. His Eternity, Dear, xxxiii. 27. 1. Reverence him, Dan. vii. 9, 14. 2. Lay hold upon him as your Portiojr, 9. His Infinity, Pfal. cxlvii. y. 1. Love him. 2. Rejoice in him. 30. His Simplicity, Job. xiv. 6. i. Get fimple Apprehenfions of him. 3. Get fimple Affe&ions to Him, even to Him, and to Him alone ; as he is not divided nor compounded in Himfelf, ib neither let him be in your Affecti- ons; but love Him wholly, and wholly Him Exoo. Thefaurus Theohvicus. E x o D. xx. Ae*$tAo}®.-, Dent. iv. i j. TWo Tables. The Preface exciting and obliging to Obedience. i. lam the Lord, rwv 2. Thy God, jrhto. 5. That brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, that delivers us from all our Troubles, Spi- ritual and Temporal. Precept. I. Thou (halt have no other Gods befides me. All internal Duties to GOD here com- manded. 1. To know and acknowlege Him. 2. To believe on Him. 3. To hope and truft in Him. 4. To love Him. 5. To fear Him, 6 f To fubmit to Him. This Command is broken, 1. By Atheifts, Idolaters, Aftrologers, and all that confult them, or the Devil, or Conjurers. 2. By Defoair and Prefumption. 5. By preferring Riches, or ought elfe before Him. L E V I T. io Thefaurw Theologicuf. Levit. xu 44. For I am the Lord your God : You Jhatt therefore fanclifie yourf elves ', and ye /hall be Holy 9 for I am Holy. F;>// > TnHE Lord Jehovah is to be our God, I. Who is the Lord Jehovah ? 1. The Creator, Preferver, and Governor of the World. 2. A God giving a&ual Being to his Pro- mifes, under which Notion he was not known before Mofes, Exod. vi. 2, 3. He was Do&rinally known fo, 1. To Abraham, Gen. XV. 6. 2. To Ifaac, Gen. xxvi. 24,25-. 3. To Jacob, Gen. xxviii. 13, 16. but not Experimentally. II. What is it to know the Lord to be our God ? 1. As by our Fall we loft the Favour^ fb alfo the Knowledge of the True God. 2. But all ftill acknowledge fome God, Tldvitf 5<5 ofxoKoyvmv ^tt) iiv frt'ov. Juffcin. Omnes tamen ejfe vim & naturam Divinam ar- bltrantur. Cicero. Gentium Dii qui habentur hinc a nobis profecli reperientur. Cicero. So Diodcrm Sicuhts, Lucian, Yorphyry, Aurelim Vidlor, and Sanchoniathon himfelf ac- knowledge. 3. But mod acknowledge and worfhip falfe Gods. 1. Men, Tbefaurus Theologicw. i \ 1. Men, Jupiter, Saturn, &c. 2. Devils, Lcvit. xvii. 7. D'Vpnj, ffirci, in the Syriack and Arabick Damonia. 3. Beads. The Egyptians, to lux?"* 11 £&>Z(L&. v. y f 4. Idol Relations, Matt. x. 57. j. Idol Self, LuL xiv. 26. 3. Take the Lord for your God. 1. Confider He will be your God, Heb. viii. 10, I. He // all. 1. An All-merciful God to pardon, Ex.xxxiv. 6. Jer. xxxi. 34. Mich. vii.i8. Vfal. xxxii. 1. 2. An All-wife God to dired, 1 Tim. i. 17. Jfa. x\v. 1;. 5. An All-powerful God, Matt. xix. 26. And fo, 1. Can protect them from, 2. Give them Viclory over, their Enemies. 1. Spiritual. 1. Sin. 2. Satan. ;. The World, 1 John v. 4. 2. Temporal. 4. An Omniprefent God, Vfal. cxxxix. 7. So that he can every where, 1. Help, Jfa. xli. 10, 13, 14. Vfal. xlvi. r. 2. Comfort us, Jfa. Li. 12. 2 Cor. i. 3,4, j. An All- faithful God to his Promife*. II. He hath all, Vfal. xxiv. 1. 1 . Grace to make us holy, E^.xxxvi. 2 j , 26. 2. Comforts to make us chearful, j^£ xvi. 2. 3. Glory to make us happy. III. He doth all 1. By his ordinary Providence, Rem. viii. 28. 2. Or by his extraordinary Power ; as in Jo- fefhy the Three Children, Daniel, Peter. 3. Confider the happinefs of thofe that have the Lord to be their God, Vfal. cxliv. 1 j. }. It is he alone that made you. 2. That Tbefaurus Tbcologicus. 1 j 2. That preferves you, Ails xvii. 28. ;. That can facisftc your Souls, Tfa. Iv. 2, U SE. Let us examine, Whether the Lord be our God? I. Do we fear him as God ? 1. Qnly, Pfal. lxxvi. 11. jsii^ 1 ? Matt. x. 28* 2. Conftantly. II. Do we love him as God ? 1. Wholly, Deut. vi. j. Matt. xxii. 37. 2. Only, P/«/. lxxiii. 2;. 5. Continually. III. Do we truft in him as God? t. With all our Hearts, Vrov. iii. 5-. Vfal lxii. y, 6, 7. 2. At all Times, P/^ lxii. 8. IV. Do we efteem and honour him as God ? 1. As the only true God, John xvii. 3, if. PfaL CXXXV. f . 2. As the high and mighty God, iTim. i. 17. V. Do we ferve and worfliip him as God ? 1. Reverently, Heb. xii. 28. 2. Sincerely, 1 c£ro». xxviii. 9. Jofmiv. 22* 3. Obedientially, 1 Sjw. xii. 14. 4. Chearfully, 1 Chron, xxviii. 9. 5-. Only, Matt. iv. 10. 6. Continually, Luke i. 74, 7 f L £ V I T. 14 Thefdurut Tbeologicm. Levit. xi. 44. 1 And ye /hall be Holy, for I dm Holy; THEY that have the Lord Jehovah for their God, fhould be a Sanctified and an Holy People, anirnprvn Ftrfiy What is it to be Sah&ffied ? I. To be fan&ified, in Scripture fenfe, implies to be feparated and fet apart from com- mori Ufe, Exod. xl. 10. So fhould we, 1. From Sin, tfai. 1.16. i TheJfA. 22 J 2. The World, Jac. i. 27. II. To be dedicated to the Service of G o dj Vfalm iv. jL 1. Wholly. 2. To all God's Service, 3. With all their Might. 1. In Soul, 1 Cor. vi. 20. 2. Body. 3. Conftantly, III. To be prepared for great Works, Ifa.xiii.jl 1. For the conquering our Spiritual Ene* mies, Sin, Satan, the World. 2. The worshipping of God. 3. The glorifying his great Name. IV. To fan&ify is to tffe all Things that be- long to God with Reverence, l[a> viii. igj Deut. xxviii. J 8. i. His TbefmYW Theologicus. i 5 1. His Name, Ifai. xxix. 23. £ A Faculty of the Rational Soul, where- by it chufes or refufes what the Un- derftanding judges Good or Evil. 2. What is the Will of God, viz* his natural Will? An elTential Property in God, where- by he approves or difapproves of all Things, as they are agreeable or con- trary to his Nature. 3. What is it for the Will of Man to be conformable to the Will and Nature of God? 1 Pet. i. ij. That we place our Wills, 1. Upon the fame Objefts. Zi In the fame Manner as he doth. 1. He wills himfelf as his chief End and Good, Prov. xvi. 4. 2. He wills Mercy, Hqf. vi. 6. Mat, ix. i}. Exoti. xxxiv. 6. 3. Juftice. 4. The Salvation and Happinefs of Man, 1 Tim. ii. 4. Ezck. xxxiii. ii. This - ""*J \6 Tbefdurus Theologicus. Thirdly y What does he abhor or difapprove? i. Generally, Sin. 2. Particularly, Prov. vi. 1 6, 17, 1 8, 19. 1. Pride, Prov. xvi. y. 2. Lyes, Prctr. xii. 22. P/*/. cxix. 163. 3. Murther. 4. Wicked Imaginations, VfaU cxix. ii^ Prov. xv. 26. 5. Mifchief, Pfal. xi. 5-. 6. Falfe Witnefs. 7. Difcord. 8. Idolatry, Jer> xxxii. 35-. r Ifrg. xi. ?, 7* 9. Covetoufnefs, PfaLx. 3. 10. Cheating, or divers Weights, Prov. xx. 10, 2;. 11. Witchcraft, Deut. xviii. 10, 11, 12. 12. Falfe Doctrines, Rev. ii. ij. Use. Examine, Whether you be thus eternally ho- ly or no? Confider, , 1. If you be miftaken here, you are undone. 2. Many have been Miftaken, Matt* vii. til C. XXV. II, 12. 3. Your riot examining yourfelves whether you be holy, is a Sign you are not fo, 2 Cor. xiii. j. 4. It particularly concerns us to examine our felves now, becaufe of the Sacrament* 1 Or. xi. 28. Directions. 1. Search the Scriptures, John v. 39. 2. Obferve your Lives, l&jtK ii»» 40. 1, You? m — i Tbefaurus Theologicus. 1 7 1. Your Thoughts. 2. Affections. 1. Repentance. 2. Faith. 3. Love. 4. Defires. y. Joys. 3. A&ions. 1. Civil, Matt. vii. ii. 2. Spiritual, 1 Cor. x. jr." III. Compare your Lives with the Laws of God, Gal. vi. 16. Use. Exhort. Labour after Holinefc. Confider, I. The Excellency of its Nature. i. It is the Image of God, i Vet. i. if* Gen. i. 26. E/>£. iv. 24. 2. The perfection of the Soul. II. Its Profitablenefs, Joh.x\u 15. 1 77w.iv. 8, By it we may have, 1. Pardon of Sin. 2. The Favour of God, tf*L xxx. f. 3. A Manfion in Heaven, Job. xiv. 2. III. Its Honours, Yrov. xii. 26. 1. Honourable Titles, 1 Vet. ii. 9. 2. The Attendance of Angels, Ihh. \. ify Vfal. xci. II. ;. Relation to God. 4. Free Admifiion to Him, Heb. iv. 16. IV. Its Pleafures. 1. In knowing God, and the Things of Eternity. Vol I. a X In i8 Thsfaurus Tkeologicus. 2. In thinking upon them. 3. In having good Ground to believe we fhall enjoy them. 4. In our prefenc Communion with God. V. Its Neceflity. 1. To true Comfort here. 2. To Happinefs hereafter, Heb. xii. 14% Mean s. 1. Read. 2. Pray. ;. Hear. 4. Meditate. j. Receive Sacraments. I. What is External Hoiinefs ? The Conformity of the Life of Man to tfcf Law of God. II. What is the Life of Man ? Whatfoever 1. He thinks. 2. Speaks. 3. Or does in this Life. III. What is the Law of G o d ? Whatfoever G o d in his Word hath enjoin'd all Men to obferve. This Law is, Dent. iv. 12, 13, 14. Chaf. vi. 1. 1. Ceremonial. Impofed upon the Jews only from Mofes till Christ. 1. To preferve them from Idolatry. 2. To lead them to Christ, Gal. iii. 24.' Co!, ii. 17. Now it is of no Force ,* as appears, 1. From Scripture, Atts xv. 2. Reafon. The End being now taken away, Tbefaurit! Theologian. 19 » ' ■ ■ 11 away, Htb. ix. 10. Chflf. vii. 12. Ego liber J. voce prontmciem cttremonias Jua/eorhm Cr per- tticiofas & nwtifcras tjfe Qbrifiturtii^ Ilieron. ad Auguft. Epift. 2. Judicial. Of the Civil Polity. This alfo difannulied, being only for Jnvs> Row. xiv. r. 1 Pet. ill 13. 3. Moral. This ftill in force ; for, 1. The Scripture doth not repeal it ; 2. But cftab'ifhes it, Mdtt.Y.ij. Ckaf.xbC 17, 18. 3. Reafon confirms it. 1. 'Tis the eternal Rule of Juftice in God. 2. Eftabliihed before Christ and Mofes s M.nt. xix. 8. 3. It is a ftanding Law to all Nations and Times. III. What by Conformity ? When our Lives arc according to this Law, in Omiflions and Commiflions. In obferving, 1. The Matter. 2. The Manner. 1. Knowingly, 1 Cbr. xiv. tj-. 2. Obediential!}', Pfal. cxix. 6. /j'nuio 4d ih 'to'ana 3. Chearfully, Rem. xii. 8. 4. Univerfally, Pfal. cxix. 6. 5". Conftantly. 3. The End. God's Glory and Fleafure* 1 Cor. x. 31. This Law we muft obey : 1. In our Underltandings. 1. Know God, i Citron, xxviii. 9. 2. Meditate on his Word, Jofl. i. 8. 3. Confider our Latter-end, Drw.xxxii. 29. C 2 2. The 20 Thejaurut Theologian. 2. The Will. Chufe no other God but Jehovah, Exod.xx. 3. 3. Affeftions. 1. Simple. 1. Love God., Deut.vl. j. 2. Love thy Neighbour as thy ielf, Mali, xxii. 37. Lev. xix. 18. 3. Love your Enemies, Matt. v. 44.- 4. Truft in the Lord, Vrov. iii. 5-. f. Fear God, Lev. xxv. 17. //*.- viii. 13; 6. Delire not thy Neighbour's Goods,E#oocis jignificatio cum intentione fallendi % Aug. And fo it differs, Et ab fententid & enunciatione pur a : In it are, 1. The Matter, a Falfe-Teftimony. 2. The Form, with an intent of Deceiving. How many Kinds ? 1. Joco[mn> Jefting. 2. Vernicioj'unty for the doing or avoiding Evil. {-. Officiofum 3 for the obtaining of fome Good. Thirdly^ i Tbefaurus Theologicus, - 2 7 Thirdly, How appears it to be a Sin ? 1. It is forbidden by God, Lommavd. IX. Epb. iv. 2f. ?. God abhors it, Vroz: vi. 1^,17. C&*/>. xii. 22. 3. The Devil is the Father of it, John viii. 44- 4. It is Part of the Old Man, Epb. iv. 25-. C0/0/I iii. 9. $ . It is contrary, not only to the Will, but Nature of God. 6. It is contrary to Nature, and an Abufc of the Tongue • which is Index Animi. K*9' ketv-ri tv (Aft "\-ivJbi Ifrael, Atts xiii. 23* Romans ix. 6. II. The A&, Love, which is Comflacentia Bonli and denotes, 1. Benevolence, or Well-willing to the Ob- ject beloved, Cant. v. 9, 16. 2. A defire of the Enjoyment of it. 3. An acquiescence or refting in that En- joyment. III. The Tbefaurus Tbcolooicus. 3 i III. The Object, ynhx mfli i k The Lord Jehovah) as Jehcvah, Ex. iii. 14. 2. Thy God, which denotes, 1. Our loving each Perfon, John v. 25. 2. As our G d. IV. The Intcnfenefs of the Aft upon tha; Objed. With all thy Heart, and with all thy Souly and ibith all thy Might : Which implies, 1. That we love him with the higheft De- gree of Love we can poflibly raife up our Souls to. 2. Confequently, That we love him above all Things elie, Mat. x. $7. Luke xiv. 26. V. Here is the Neceflity of a&ing thus upon this Objed, Thou jhalt. There is a Twofold Neceflity of ir. 1. Of the Precept, Mat. xxii. 37. 2. The Means to Heaven. What Reafons are there why we mould love God above all ? i. Becaufe he is better than all other Things • for he is, Luke xviii. 19. 1. A pure and Mm pie Good. 2. An Infinite Good, Ffal. cxlvii. j*. 3. A fatisfa&ory Good, ?[<:!. xw ir. ?/,:.'. xvii. 15". 4. An Univerfal Good. j. An unchangable Good. Jac. i. 17, 6. An eternal Good, Pfal. xc. 2. 7. The only neceflary Good. 2. Btcaufe all other Goodnefs comes from him. U 3 2 fhefaurm Theological* Use. 1. Of Reproof, Joh. v. 42. for moft Men da not love God thus. If they did, 1. They would think more of him. 2. Long more for him, Phil. iii. 7, 8. 3. Endeavour more to pleafe him. 4. Take more Pleafure in him. 5. Labour more to enjoy him than othe? Things. Repent of this Sin. Confider, i. Untefs you love God above all Things^ you are not worthy to be Christ's Di£ ciples, Luk. xiv. 26. 2. This is the Caufe of other Sins. 3. If we die in this Sin, we are undone^ I Cor. XVI. 22* II. Examination. Examine, 1. The Ground of your Love toGoa 1. G o d's Goodnefsin himfelf, Tfal. cxix.68. 2. His Goodnefs to us, Pfal. cxlv. 6. 2. The Degrees. The EfFeds. 1. An Endeavour to Obey, John xiv. ij) 1 J oh. ii. f. 2. Honour him. %. Love others, 1 Joh. iv. 20. 4. Its Conftancy. III. Exhortation. Love God; Confider, 1. The Excellency of the Grace. 1. It is the fuTt and Great Commands' Matt. xxii. $8. 2. It fweetens all Duties, 1 Joh. r. 3. 3. It is the Work of Heaven. a. Th$ 3* T/jefauruf Theologian. 3 J 2. The Reafonablcneis of the Duty. Confidering, 1. How loving God is to us. 1. He made us. 2. He upholds us, Atti ii. z9> 3. He directs us. 4. He protefts us. j. He purchafed us. 6. He fandlifies us. 7. And all becaufe he loves Us, Deut. vlL 7,8. 2. How lovely he is in himfelf* Infinite. 1. In Wifdofh< 2. Juftice, 3. Mercy. 3. The 'Happinefs of thofe that perform k. 1. All Thirigs work for their good, Rom. viii. 28. 2. They have an infallible Evidence of their Title to Heaven. V They ihall enjoy and live with God to Eternity, 1 Cor. ii. 9. — >. Vol. h B tit v % I III ■ ■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ 24 Thejaurus Tbeologicw. Deut. vi. 12. Thou /halt fear the Lord thy Qod y and ferve him. T is our Duty to ferve God. I. What is it to ferve God? 1. To dedicate ourfelves wholly to Hirrij 1. Our Souls, 1 Cor. vi. 20. Underftandings. Wills. • Affe&ions. 2. Our Bodies, 1 Cor. vi. 20 § 3. Eftates, Trov. iii. 9. 4. Gifts. y. Authority. 6. Time , Efo. v. t6. a. To make his Laws the Rule of our Lives| Obeying the Commands, Ecclef. xii. if v Of the Firft and Second Table. 3. To endeavour to pleafe him in all Thin g^ and glorifie him, 1 Theft, iv. 1. Rom. xii. 3 , C Natural, i Cor. x. 30.^ In all our 2 Civil, > Action^ /Spiritual - 3 II. Why ferve God? 1. He is our Maker, Tfalm xcv. 6, 2. Preferver, Atts xvii. 23. 3 . Redeemer, 1 Cor. vi. 20. 4. Matter, by Covenant, Deut. xxvi. if. Use; Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 3 5 Use. Reproof to fuch as, 1. Serve the Devil. a. Themfelves. 3. The World. 4. Sin, Rom. vi. 16. and not God, Matt.\i.i^ Exhortation. Serve God. Directions. 1. Scripturaliy. 2. Obedientially, 1 Sam. xv. 22. 3. Willingly, 1 Cbron* xxix. 17. 4. Chearfully, Rom. xii. 8* 5. Faithfully, Rom. xiv. 23. 6. Underftandingly, 1 Cor. xiv.i 5-. Vfal xlvii. 7. 7. Wholly, with all your Power, Eccl.ix. 10, 8. Conftantly. 9. Humbly, Itf£c xvii. 10. io. Thankfully. Motives. 1. This is the End of your Creation by God* 2. Of all Go d's Mercies to you. 3. What a good and glorious Matter he is > the King of Heaven, Jer. x. 7. 4. There is nothing thou haft but what thou receiveft from him, 1 Cor. iv. 7. f. ToferveGoD is not only thy Duty, but thy Privilege, Vfal. xix. 1 r . 6. Unlefs thou ferveft God, thou muft ferve the Devil, a Servant thou wilt be, Matt.v'u 24. Rom. vi. 16. 7. It is the Work of Heaven. 8. What Wages Go d will give to his Servants^ Rom. vi. 23. Grace and Comfort here, Glory and Happinefs hereafter. Da 2. Set .* ■ ^ ■ - — — 26 Thefaurw Theologicus. 2. Set about this Service now. i. You have a great deal to do for him. 2. Much, if not moft, of your Time is fpent already, Job. ix. 4. 3. You know not how foon He may call you to an Account, Matt. xxv. 21. 50. Deut. xiii. 4. Ye JloaU walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, &c. i. If Ti TALK with God, Gen. v. %% s 24. 2. ^rtSam j Jin *]Hnm Before God, Gew. xvii. i. *xh EvtLtnnm i^ ©«»> Heb. xi. y, 2. After God. 1 . So as to have him for our God, Jer. vii. 6* 2. To imitate him, 1 Pet. i. if. 3. To frequent the Places of his publick Worfliip, Tfal. cxxii. 1. EccL v. 1. 4* To walk in his Ways, Deut. viii. 6, Deut; TbeJ'auru* Theologian. 3 7 Peut xxi, «7 ? .8 t 0«r Bands have not /bed this Blood, &c, IT is not enough that we be not guilty of a Sin, but we muft proteft our Innoccncy. I. Commit no Sin thy felf : For, 1. It will bring a Blot upon thy Name. 2. A Curfe upon thy Eftate. 3. Damnation to thy Soul, II. Keep others from it. 1. By Reproofs, Luke xix. 17. 2. By Exhortations. 3. By Example, Matt, v. 16. III. Partake not with others in their Sins, 1. By confenting to it, Pfal. 1. 18. 2. By conniving at it. 3. By not reproving of it. IV. Profefs thy Innocenc? in ic. 1. Humbly, Luke xviii. n. 2. With a Deteftation of it, 3. Sorrow for it. 1. That it tranfgreffes God's Law, Pfah cxix. 136. 2. Eclipfes his Glory, Ifa. i\i. 8." 3. Incenfcs his Wrath. 4. Endangers thy Brother's Soul. f . With Thankfulncfs that thou didft nog ad in it. For, 1. Thou haft the Seed of it in thy Heart, 2. Thou haft Temptations to it. 3. It is only of God's Grace and Mer>» cy that thou didfc not commit it. Use. 1. Deteft the king's Dead ft ti, Be forry for it, D 3 Ps'T/T, 28 Thefaurus Tbeologicus. D e u t. xxxii. 4; wn "if*} p,i^ 5%/? *»i U(ffe £ fo; WHENwe poor Mortals fet ourfelves to think a little of him that made us, we mull not think to comprehend him who is in- comprehenfible, but only to apprehend him as incomprehenfible ; neither are we to think upon him by framing any Notions or Idea's of him, but by abftracling every Thing of Imperfection from him, and by afcribing every Perfection to him : So that whatfoever right Reafon faith is an abfolute Perfection in itfelf, Religion places it in its moll abfolute Perfection in G o d. Now there is nothing in the World more unanimoully brought into the Circle of Perfections, by the Light of Reafon sftid the Confent of Nations, than Juftice, it being indeed the very Perfection of all Perfections, and that without which there could be no Perfection in the World. Hence it ft, that I having undertaken to difcover the whole Confkllation of God's glorious Attributes before you, muft not, dare not, hide this fo glittering a Star, fo glorious a Perfection, from you; but fhall endeavour to fhewyou, that that God whom you and I profefs to worfhip on Earth, and delire to enjoy in Heaven, is a Rock 3 his Work u perftff, &G, IflialJ Tbefaurus Theologicus. 39 I (hall not ftand upon any Critical Diviiion, but deduce this Practical Qbfejvation from the Words, That The Great GOD Is a Juft G D. The Truth of this Truth, Truth it felf hath manifefted unto us almoft in every Leaf, yea, Line, of his facred Will; (b that a Man may run and read this great Truth as in Capital Let- ters, The Great GOD is a moft Juft GOD, Job xxxvii. 25. c. xxxi\r. 17. Pfal. xi. 7. I. What is it to be Juft. II. How ? III. Wherein is he Ju a? 1, What is it for God to be Juft? Juftice is that Attribute whereby we apprehend God as in- finitely Juft and Righteous in himfelf and to all his Creatures, fo as to order all Things, and to reward all Perfons according to the ftricteft Rules of Equity and Juftice. For you muft know, that according to the Twofold Appre- henfion we may have of God, we may likewife apprehend a Twofold Juftice in him: For we may apprehen4 God, either as God and the chiefeft Good, or elfe as the Judge of all the Earth. As he is G d, fo he orders and difpofes of all Things in the World mod Juftly and Righteoufly, he having moft Juftly, Wifely, Per- fectly, and Righteoufly, given Being unto all Things, and as Juftly, Wifely, Perfectly, an4 Righteoufly, continucrh all Things in their Be- ings ; and this is that which we call his Difp- n^ fing Juftice. But then, as he is the fupreme Judge of all the World, fo he giveth to every Creaaire moft exactly according to its Deleft; So that no. P 4 Yta 40 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. Vice (hall go unpuniflied, nor any Vertue unre- warded j but every Creature fhall receive of G o d moft exactly according to what it hath deferved from him ; and this is what we call his piftribu- cing or Rewarding Juftice, 2. How is this Jaftice in God? Or, How is God thus Juft ? G o d is moft Perfectly and Com- plexly Juft and Righteous, in, of, and from himfelf, as no Perfon in the World is befides him^ felf. Adam was Righteous, by having a perfect Tendency to Righteoufnefs implanted in him 5 the Saints are Righteous thro' faith in Christ J y s u s : But G o d is Righteous, infinitely Juft and Righteous in and of himfelf, in his own Nature and Eifence; fo that the very Nature of God is of it felt Righteous,, yea, is Righteoufnefs it felf: So that if it was poffible for him to ceafe to be Righteous, it would be poffible for him to ceafe to Be, Righteoufnefs being included in the very Effence, and fo in the Notion of a Deity. Men may ceafe to be Righteous, and yet be Men ftill, as Sinners be; Angels may ceafe to be Righteous, and yet t>e Angels ftill, as Devils be ; But it is impoffible for God to ceafe to be Righ- teous, and yet be God ftill, Righteoufnefs being of the very Nature, yea, it felf the very Nature and Eifence of God; and therefore not at all to be feparated from him 3. Wherein is he Juft ? i. In his Will. He is fo Juft in his Will, as to will nothing but what is Juft, his Will indeed being the very Rule of all Juftice in the World ; fo that God doth not will any Thing becaufe 'tis juft, but therefore is a Thing Juft becaufe God wills i:, wko ivorktth all Things according to the Conn-? Tbefaurus Tbcologicus. 4 1 Couvfel cf his own JVill, Eph. 1. II. It is Juftice in us to aft according to God's Word ; but 'tis Juftice in Go d to ad according to his own Will. He hath prefcribed Laws to us, but never yet tied hiuifelf to the Obfervance of his own laws. He made the Scriptures for us, not for himfclf to walk by; his own Divine Will being both the Fountain and Rule of ail Juftice, both in himfelf and his Creatures too ; fo that fhould he be plealed, that we mould ad juft: contrary to what he hath commanded in his Ho- ly Scriptures,' it would then be as much our Duty 10 aft contrary, as now it is to aft accor- ding to them. As Abraham when commanded to kill his Son, though it was an aft abfolutely forbidden by the Law of God, yet he adjudged it to be Juft and Righteous, and therefore with- out any Scruple fets about it • Why ? But be- caufe he underftood it was the fpecial Will of God, and therefore to be obeyed, tho' never lb contrary to the Laws he had enjoined for his Creatures Aftions; his Will being not only al- ways Juft, but the very Rule of all Juftice in the World : So that it is as impofiible for him to be Unjuft and Unrighteous in his Will, as it is impofiible for him to will what he doth noc will. And therefore only becaufe God wills it, any Thing is Juft and Righteous ; his revealed Will being the Rule of his Creatures, and his fecret Will the Rule of his own Aftions, and fo his Will ftill the Rule of both. 2. In his Word. And this neceffarily follows from the former. For the Word of G o n is no- thing elfe but the Will of Gqd revealed. And therefore if he be fo Righteous in his Will, he fannot but be as Righteous in his Word too. A Man 42 Tbefaurus Theologicus. A Man often fpeaks with his Mouth, what he doth not think or will in his Heart; but fo doth not God, but his Will and his Word always go together : And as a Thing is therefore Juft be- caufe God wills it, fb it is therefore True be- caufe He fpeaks it : And therefore the Scriptures being the Word, and fo the Will of God, they cannot but be molt Juft and Righteous in every Part and PafTage of them. It being the Will of G o d to ena# them for the Rule of our Faith and Manners, it cannot but be our Duty to be* lieve and live according to them: Every Hi - ftory, Promife, Threatening^ &c. being juft and true. ;. In his Works. For as God never Speaks but what he Thinks., fo he never doth but what he both Thinks and Wills. But his Juftice pru> cipally appears, - 1. In his difpenfations towards us. There is nothing God does to us, but he thereby mani- fefteth the Righteoufnefs there is in himfelf, Tfal. cxlv. 17. So that let us be advanced from Difgrace to Honour, or brought down from Honour to Difgrace; let us be puff'd up with Plenty, or pinch'd with Poverty ; griev'd with Sicknefs, or blefs'd with Health ; let us keep,or let us lofe what we do at prefent enjoy; let what will befal us or happen to us; we may ftill fubfcribe, The Lord is Righteous, &c. But you may Objed, What! Do we not fee by daily Experience, how Virtue is punifhed, and Vice rewarded ? Doth not G o Doft lift up the Worftof Men to thePinacleof Honour, and call: down the Beft into Reproaches and Contempt? May we not often fee Sinners honoured Tbefaurus Theologian. 43 honoured, and Saints derided ; the Wicked en- joying the Sun-fhine of Profperity, and the Righteous overwhelmed with the blackcft Ad- vcrlities ? May we not often fee a Dives feeding at a Table, and a Lazarus begging at the Door ; yea, a Pilate upon the Bench, and Chrit him* lelf at the Bar ? Tis true • but let us weigh G o d's Judgments before we Cenfure them. Let us weigh them, I fay, not in the Bal lance of our Fancies, but G o d's Word, and then we fhall find that we do but Dream, when we think out- ward Profperity to be always real Profperity, or outward Adverfity to be -real Adverfity. Nay, Profperity is often a Sinner's Ruin, and Ad- verfity a Saint's Preferment; God punifheth Vice with Profperity, and fometimes rewardeth Vertue with Afflictions. He therefore punifheth his People, becaufe they are his People, Amos iii. 2. And he therefore profpereth the Wicked, becaufe they are wicked. And verily, I cannot but look upon this as the moft dreadful Judgment on this fide Hell, even to fee a wicked Man profper in his Wickednefs, whereby his Heart is but fo much the more hardened, his Account fo much the more increafed, and his Condemnation heightened in another World. A Saints Adver- fity draws him nearer unto God; a Sinners Ad- verfity drives him further from him : The lower a righteous Perfon is on Earth, he is commonly the nearer Heaven, tho' it be above him ; the higher a wicked Man is on Earth, he is commonly the nearer Hell, tho' it be below him. In a Word, The Wicked get nothing but Sin by their Pro- fperity; the Righteous often get Grace by their Adverfity: Profperity makes the Wicked more Wicked, and fo morcmiferable; Adverfity ma- kech 44 Tbefaurus Tbeologicuf, keth the Righteous more righteous and fo more happy- Tell me therefore, my Brethren, Whe- ther Profperity may not often be a dreadful Judgment, and Adverfity as glorious a Reward ; and therefore, Whether God may not be in- finitely Juft, in giving Profperity as a Punifti* ment to the Wicked, and in bellowing Adverfity as a Reward upon the Righteous ? 2. Redemption. God from Eternity hath De- creed to redeem fome Perfons to live with him in Heaven : Thefe very Perfons provoke him upon Earth. Yet he would be merciful, fo as to fave their Souls ; yet he is fo juft, as to pu- nifh their Sins : And therefore, tho* he does not punifti them in their own, yet he doth in the Perfon of their Surety, though his own Son ; wherein his Juftice fhined forth mod clearly, in that rather than Sin mould go unpunished, or his Juftice unfatisfied, he'll require the Punifh- ment of the one, and Satisfa&ion of the other, at the Hands of his only begotten Son j fo that Christ muft either die, or no Sinner muft eyer live, Tfal. xcix. 8. Use* i. Stand in Awe of God's Juftice, and Sin not ; for every Sin that is committed by you, is committed againft a G o d whofe very Nature is Juftice and Righteoufnefs, and therefore cannot but take Vengeance of your Sins, 2. Truft in God's Promifes, and fear not: tf you can but throw your felves upon him, yon need not fear but he will be Juft and Righteous unto you ; Truft in him for the pardon and purging Thesaurus Theohgicus. 4 5 •i —— 1 . . _ purging of your Sins, 1 John i. 9. And for the Accomplifhment of all other Promifes, he is juft. %. Submit to God's Judgments, and murmur Hot : 'Tis impoflible he mould lay more Judg- ments upon you than you have deferved from him, Law. iii. 39. 4. Rejoyce in God's Providences, and grieve not: Rejoyce to fee God, your God, fo juft and righteous. y. Imitate God's Righteoufnefs and Err not : As he doth every Thing according to his Secret, do you every Thing according to his Revealed Will. 6. Long for the Sight of God, and faint not, when you fhall behold the Jufticc of Go d in all His Ways and Works, tit*. 4 6 Thefaurus Theologian. Heb. vi. i: Therefore leaving the Principles of thq Dottrine of Chrift^ let us go on to Perfection, I. ripHere be fome certain Principles of the 1 X Do&rine of Christ: Tfo rUt £?$; n Xets-2 Ao^jf. Elfewhere they are called, T<2 soi- v«* $ tpx** W ao>W rk ©*«> Heb. v. 12. and j^a*, 1 Ccr. iii. 1, 2, 10. II. What are thefe Principles ? The Apoftle here reduceth them to Six Heads, ver. 1, 2. 1. Repentance from dead Works, Matt. iv.17? Ails ii. 38. which implies, 1 1. The Knowledge of G o d's Law* 2. That Men have broken it. 3. That they are therefore obnoxious to hli Wrath and Judgment. 4. That they muft be forry for their formef Sins, and both promife and endeavour to amend their Lives for the future. 2. Faith towards God, Mark i. 1 f. 1. That he is one glorious and eternal Being. 2. Three Perfons, 1 John V. 7. Matt, xxviit. 19. j. The Creator, Preferver, and Governouri of the World. 3. The Dodrine of Baptifms : FluminU fia* minis & fanguinis. fi.£/> 4. Laying on of Hands, p. 03 , 5. The Refurrc&ion of the Dead.^. 9.0 A ■ *. Eternal Judgment, P/207. 17 III. What Tbefaurus Theologian. 47 III. What Neceflity is there of teaching thefe Principles of Religion ? This is called Catc- Chifing : K2iV6W<7W Ji 6 y^nyJixivQ- many Names have you ? Anfiv. Two. A Chriftian from Christ. A Sirname from Sire, a Father. Queft. 2. Which of thtfe Names are wider (feci here? Anfw. The Chriftian given us in our Bap- tlfm, when we were born again^ and made the Children of G o d Queft. %. Why is th'n the firfi gileflon of the QaT tech if m ? i. Becaufe it is one of the firft Things that Children know, and fo the eafieft Queftion 1 that can be propounded to them, and therefore, the fitteft to begin with. 2. Becaufe this Catcchifm is defigned only for the Inftru<5tion of Chriftians, and therefore it is necefTary we mould firft know whether they be Chriftians or no, who come to be Catechiftd ; which we cannot better do than by knowing their Chriftian Name, which fliews them to be Baptized, and fo Chriftians. j. Becaufe it is the moft proper Introduction to the reft of the Catechifm, making way for the following Queftions concerning our 1-ap- tifmal Vow, and fo for all the other which de- pend upon them. Queft. 4. What ufe are we to make of this £j_t:- jtion ? It mould put us in mind of our Chriftian N:' and, by confequence, of our Baptifm wherein it Vol. 1. E was 50 Tbejaurus Tbeologicus. was given, and fo that we are Chriftians, and therefore ought to depart from Iniquity. i. From Iniquity, as Iniquity. 2. From all Iniquity, Atfs in. 26. For, Art thou a Chriftian ? Then, i. Thou didfb Promife and Vow in thy Bap- tifm to renounce the Devil and all his Works. 2. Thou can'fl not Sin at fo cheap a Rate as others. All mail pay dear for their Sins, but Chriftians much more ; becaufe they Sin againft greater Light and Mercies, Ifai. i. 2, 3, 4. Matt. xi. 22. 3. Thou doll not only difobey God,, but dif- honoureft Christ by thy Sins, Heb. vi. 6. 4. Thou art none of thy own, but wholly Christ's, i Cor. vi. 19, 20. 5;. Thou waft buried with Christ in Baptifm, and therefore oughteft to rife with him to newnefs of Life, Row. vi. 3, 4. John Thefaurus Tbeologicus. 5; 1 John jii. j^ Except a Man be bom again of Water and the Spirit. MP (Poufatljerg anti (Eoomotljcrtf m mv ©aptifm. Three Things here to be treated on, Baptifm, Godfathers in Baptifm, and the Effects of Bap- tifm. I. Baptifm. Queft. 1. What is Baptifm ? A Sacrament of Regeneration, wherein we are born again and made Members of C h r i s t, Tit* 111. f. A/* K*7f* -m.\fyyzvtc!7ai' Queft. 2. What need is there of Baptifm ? Without it we cannot enter into the King* dom, 1. Of God's Grace here: That is, his Church into which we are admitted only by Bap- tifm. 2. Of his Glory hereafter. For we muft be born again of Water, before we can be born again of the Spirit, Acl. ii. ;8. And be of the Church Militant, before we can be of the Church Triumphant, Act* ii. 47. Queft. 3. Wljat Ground have we for Inf«nt~ Baptifm ? I. Thefe Words of our Saviour, ^iv .a* -nc j^vhOh £§ v/ajof. Joh. iii. f. E % a. Chi!- 52 Thefaurus Theologicus. 2. Children were admitted into the Church under the Law by Circumcifion, much more un- der the Gofpel by Baptifm. ;. They have a Right to it, for the Promife is made to them, ABs ii. 39. ' And they are Holy, 1 Cor. vii. 14. And reckoned among Believers, Matt, xviii. 2, ;, 4, 6. 4. The universal Church's Practice is clear for it. Objection. There is no exprefs Com- mand fork A nsw. t. Whole Houfes were Baptized i The Houfe of Lydia, the Jaylor, Crjfpus Stephanas. 2. There is no Command nor Example for Women to receive the Sacrament. 3. There is for Infant Baptifm by our Saviour, 77'£om? dvj* ft Matt. Xxviii. 19. So Mark x, II. Godfathers and Godmothers* Quell. 1. Why are they called Godfathers and God- mothers. Becaufe they prefent you to G o d in Bap- tifm, wherein you are made the Children of God. Hence" called by the Latins^ Compatm and Commatres, Queft. 2. Why do they give yon your Name ? Becaufe you have your chrifiian Name only at your Baptifm, which they bring you to; and Tbefaurus Theologies. 53 and therefore when you are received into the Church, it is fitting that they that bring you fhould give you your Name as Chriftians, Luke i. 5-9. Impofition of Names is an Argu- ment of Power and Dominion ; and therefore Matters ufed to give new Names to their Ser- vants; as Jofeph, Gen, xli. 4J. in Egypt ; Daniel, Dan. i. 7. in Babylon j and fb the Three Children. In Baptifm we are admitted into Christ's Ser- vice. The Jews had alfo a Godfather at Cir- cumcifion, called PVP } Sufceptor, Quell. 5. What need is there of Godfathers and Godmothers in Baptifm ? They were always ufed in the Chriftian Church. Tertullian Lib. de Baptifmo, makes men- tion of them as universally pra&ifed : He calls them Sponftrcs. No Church but ufeth them as this Day, 1. As WitnefTes. 1, De Jure. Of the Right the Child hath to Baptifm, by being born of Chriftian Parents, and fo within the Pale of the Church. 2. De fich. Of what is done. That they were really and truly Baptized, as in all Contra&s of any Value j tho' there be Twenty People by, you will have Two or Three in a particular Manner to be WitnefTes to it, 2 Cor. xiii. 1. 2. As Sureties; giving Security to the Church, that the Child fhall be brought up in the Chriftian Faith. The Parent is bound to do it by Nature, they by Promife. He is as Principal, they as Sureties, Sponfres t SftfavtoreS) Fide jujfores. E 3 3. As 54 Tbefaurus Theologicus. 3. As Proxies or Substitutes, by whom the Child promifeth to keep the Law, zPet. i. 4. They Promife in the Child's Name, Heb.vin. 10. As by the Civil Law, a Guardian may fwear in the Name of a Minor ,• and both by Common and Civil Law, a Child is bound to perform many Contracts made by its Guardian. A Guardian may con- trad for his Pupil for his Benefit. Queft. 4. What uj'e to be made of this ? 1. Hence we learn, That to be a Godfather is not only a Kindnefs to a Friend, but a great Ad of Piety towards Christ: An honour- able Thing. 2. How much we are bound to ferve God, when we fo folemnly vowed and promifed it at our Admiffion into the Chriftian Re- ligion by our Proxies, 2 Cor. v. 17, Rom, vi, 4. III. The EfFeds of Baptifm. (HUIjcrnn % toatf ma&e a Somber of Cljjiflf, a dEtjilu cf (FotJ, anU an ^n&eritoi of t&e Stfnff* So in of i^aben. I. A Member of Christ, Queft. r. What is it to be a Member of Christ 2 It is to be of the Church, which is his Body. Christ hath a twofold Body. 1. A Body Natural. 1. A Body Myftical : Which is the Church, whereof he is the Head, Col. i. 18. Efh. i. 22, 23. Eph. iv. i£, 16. Queft. 2. How are we made Members of Christ in Baptifm ? By Tbefaurus Thcologicus. 5 5 By being then admitted into his Church, Rom. vi. f. By Baptifm alfo we all come to be ay 2. Becaufe the Religion, which we are then initiated into, teacheth and enjoins us to renounce the World, Tit. ii. u, 12, 14. Gal. V. 24. 2-. That I fliould believe all the Articles of the Chrifiian Faith. It is upon thefe Terms only that we are ad- mitted into the Chriftian Religion, Acls viit. 36, 37. Matt, xxviii. 19. 3. That I fiould keep God's Holy Will and Com- mandments, and "walk in the fame all the Days of my Life. That is, To live Soberly, Righteoufly, and Godly. This our Baptifm obligeth us to, Rom. vi. 4. 2 Cor. v. 17. Use. Perform your Promife. Otherwife, 1. You will have no Benefit by your being Chriftians. 2. But rather incur the greater Punifiiment, Matt. XL 21, 2 Z. ECCLES, Tbefa urus The ologicus. Eccles. v. 4. When thou vowefi a Vow to God, defer not to pay it. Y £$> tattle attu ftp JD'$ Jelp, fo 3 totIL 1. Whatfoever Vows or Promifes we make to God, ought to be performed, Deut. xxiii. 21. 2. Our Baptifmal was the moft folemn Vow and Promife we ever made, or can make to God. 3. Hence we are all bound in an efpecial Manner to perform it. Queft. 1. What Advantage have -we by making this Vow* By it we are Baptized, and fo put into a State of Salvation : That is, j. Our former Sins are all pardoned and warned away by the Blood of Christ, ASs ii. 38. 2. We are made capable of the Graces of the Holy Spirit, ABs ii. ;8. 3. We are brought into the Pale of the Church, and To enftated in all the Pri- vileges of the Gofpel : So that if we be not failing to ourfelves, we fhall moft certainly be faved. Hence Tbefaurus Theolo^icus. 6\ Hejgre we are faid here to be brought into a State of Salvation. Which we are to thank God for, Queft. 2. What Means have we whtrthj to per- form this Vow ? I. We cannot do it by our own Strength, 2 Cor. iii. J. z. But we may and can by the help of Gob, and the Affiftance of his Grace, i Cor iii. 5. Phil. ii. 13. c iv. 13. 5. This G o d is always ready to afford us, if we fincerely pray unto him for it, Matt. vii. 7. c. 21, 22. Lull. xi. ij. 2 O- xii. 8, 9. Queft. ^ #to NeceJJity is there of ottr perform- ing this Vow ? I, Otherwife you renounce and forfeit all your Right to the Privileges of the Gofpel. 2» Your Condition will be much worfe than if you had never been Baptized. For, 1. You will Sin againft greater Light, Jm. iii. 19. 2. Againft greater Mercies, If at. i. 2, 3. %. Againft your Baptifmal Vow and Pro- mife, and your many Reiterations of i:. UiE. 6z Thefaurus Theologicvu. Use. Perform your Baptifmal Vow. Confider, i It is not only your Duty, but your HzpZ pinefs and Pleafure ; even in this Life, there is none comparable to it, Prov. iii. 17. Tfal.xix. 11. 2. It will be your Honour and Glory, 1 Sam* ii. 30. If at. xliii. 4. j. Your greateft Safety and Security, Ifa. xliii. 1, 2. P*w. iii. 21. 4. The only Profit and Advantage you can make in this World, 1 7*w. iv. 8. j. The only Way to everlafting Life and Happinefs in the World to come, Heb. xii. 14. Matu V. 20. Matt. xxv. 2;, 34. Heb; Thefaurus Theologicw. 62 Heb. vi. 2. Laying on of Hands. THIS Impofition of Hands was made ufe of, I. In the Old Teftament. 1. In Benedidion, Gen. xlviii. 14, iy, 2. In Confecration, Numb, xxvii. 1 8. Deut. xxxiv. 9. II. In the New;. 1. In Benediftion, Mark x. 16. 2. In-Abfolution. r. From Bodily Difeafes, Mark vi. 5-. Mjt& xvi. 18. Acts, xxviii. 8. 2. From Sin. Hence in the Primitive Church all Penitents or Converts from Sin and Herefy were received into the Church by Impofition of Hands. 3 . In Confecration of Perfons to Eccle- fiaftical Offices, Alls vi. 6. Cbap.xiii.^. I Tim. iv. 14. 2. Tim. i. 6. 4. In Confirmation, or Strengthening Perfons baptized with the Gifts and Graces of the Holy Ghoft, Ads viiL 14, 15-, 17. Chap. xix. j, 6. And altho' in the Text, Laying on of Handy, may be underftood in general of that Rite ufed upon all thefe Accounts ; yet it is acknowledged by 64 Thefaurus Theologicut. by moftj to be underftood here of Confirmation, beeaufe it is put after Baptifm* i. This is a Cuftorri that was always retained in the Church. Caro alluitur, ut Anima emaculetur *, Caro Jignatur$ ut anima muniatur ', Caro Manm impofitione adum- bratur, ut Anima Spirit u illuminetur. Tertull. Ut ad eos qui longe in mineribus Urbibus per Presby^ tens & Diaconos baptiz,ati funt, Epifcopus ad Invoca- tionem Spirit us Sanclh Manus impofiturus excurrat. Hieron. Ah ycolt^ou'vvs (MTU. TV (la.r^l&(JLA jfeiidvu ^Itr^ATt Itnspjvtai They ivho are baptized, ought after Bap- tifm to be confirmed, Syn. Laod. c. 48'. For Con- firmation in thofe Days was ordinarily called Unclion. 2. AH Churches in the World agree in the Subftance of it ; Papifis, Protectants, Presbyterians 3 Independents, Huguenots, Greek, Latin. 3. None ought to be admitted to the Sacra- ment of the Lord's Supper till he be confirm- ed, and fo ftand upon his own Bottom ; it being by this, that they were always believed to receive the Holy Ghoft, by which alone they are made compleat Chriftians, capable of all the Privi- leges of the Gofpel. Us£. I. To all that have been Godfathers or God- mothers : Bring the Children to Confirmation, that lb you may be difeharged of your Truft. II. To Tbefauruf Theologian. 6$ — ^— — ■ i " * — II. To thofe that have not been Confirmed : Fit your felves for it. III. To thofe that are Confirmed : Live as thofe who are no longer Babes, but Men, in Christ. i. Firm in your Faith, Epb. iv. 14, 1 Co>\ xiv. 20. 2. Conftant in your Obedience, 1 Cor, xvi. 13. Eph. vi. 10. John xiv, 1 . Te believe in GOD. H E Creed is General, Mitt, xxviii. 1?. 3 fficlieta in (3 £> 2D. This runs through the whole Creed, We bdiei -- every Article of it. .*••. Queft. 1. What ii it to believe ? rilst; i#v WxsnQ- $ 4'Jffl wyva.Tvl2t(h<, Theo- dore t. It is the AfFenting fully to a Truth as acrefted by another. We aflent to foirre Things : 1. Becaufe we perceive chem to be fo by ou* Senfe ; as, Snow white, Ice cold, Fir j hot« This is Experience. 2. Becaufe evident of it fclf to our Under- {landing .* as, that tttum eft majmfud Farte. Vel I, F {. Be-; 66 TheJ auras Theobgicus. ■)- Becaufe demonftrated by Reafon. And this is properly Science, Scire eft pr Caufas [aas [are. Arift. 4. Becaufe it is attefted by another. This is properly Faith ; which is, 1. Humane, relying upon an humane Te- ilimony ; by which\ we believe many Things which we never fa w, J oh. iv. 39. But this is fallible. 2. A divine Faith, grounded upon the in- fallible Teftimony of G od himfelf, 1 J oh. v. 9. Rom. iii. 4. This is more certain than what we affent unto from Senfe and Reafon. For God is fo Wife, that he cannot be deceived ; and fo Holy, that he cannot deceive, Tit. i. 2. Hence Faith is a full Perfwafion of the Truths afferted by G o d. nWetffiJuu $, Rom. viii. 3 8. ris7ro/3a$ <*V]o t»7o, Phil. i. 6. Hence called ni'sK. To this agrees St. TauVs Defcription, 'Ejf Ji ^^Heb.xi. 1. 5 v Queft. 2. What u it to believe in GOD? The Latins diftinguifh between Credere Deo and in Deum. j£uid eft credere in Deum ? Credendo anJare } ere- derido dcligere. Aug. Ille credit in Chriftum, qui & fperat in Chriftum f & diligit Chriftum. Id. But the Greeks make no Difference ; for St. Baftl explains ntr&ofuv ei* r Qih, in the Nieene Creed, by Tlis&ouiv £ QiMhoyxtiiV h* pivov dhnSivov xj And Thefaurus Theologicus. 6"] And they fay., E '« v*^ **&* Kg.$9Mifo $ iaiw }-2 Chron. xx. 20. To believe inGoD here implicth, 1. Our Perfwafion and full Aifu ranee of Gods Exiftence and Glory, Heb. xi. 6. And fo of the Truth of every Article. 2. Our publick Profeflion of it to the World, Row. x. 8, 9. This Confeflion is neceflfary. 1. Becaufe commanded, 1 P^f. iii- 1 >• And it is commanded, becaufe it advances God's Glory. 2. There are Promifes made to it, Matt, x. 32, 33. Luke ix. 26. 3. The frequent Confeflion of our Faith, is an excellent Means to confirm both our felves and others in it. Hence it hath been the conftant Pradice of the Church in all Ages to repeat the Creed in publick Devotions. Queft. ;. What NeceJJity is there of cur believing of this Article, That there is a G o i; ? 1. It is the Foundation of all our Faith; for unlefs we believe in G o d, we can have no divine Faith ; that being grounded upon the Teftimony of G o d. 2. It is the Foundation of all our Religion ; God being the only Ob j eel of all our Ser- vices and Devotions, 1 Cor. xv. 17. 3. A firm Belief of this Article is the ftrongeft Check againft Sin, Gen, xxxix. 9. TfaL xxxix. 6, 7. F 2 4- « 68 Thefaurui Theologicus. > , . . .- . 4. It is the greateft Comfort in all Condi- tions, Ffiil. xxvii. 13. 5-. A firm Belief of this, will confirm our Faith in all the Affertions, Threatnings, and Promifes of God; and fo is the only Way to get to Heaven. He B. Xi. 6. Be that cometh unto Qod, muji be« lieve that he is, and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently feek him. Queft. I - "T 7t T HAT NeceJJlty is there of out V Y treating of the Exifience of GOD? 1. We live in an Age full of Atheifm and In- fidelity, many having had the Impudence to deny G o d's Exiftence, and deride his Worfhip. 2. Of them that profefs to believe it, few do fo really, at leaft few believe it fo firmly as they ought. 3. Of them that do moft firmly believe" it, fome may often have doubtful Thoughts of it fuggefted by the Devil. 4. Howfoever, this is the Foundation of all Religion; and therefore we muft take Care to lay it deep, and fix it firmly in the Minds of thofe committed to our Charge, as with- out which it is impoflible to build them up aright in their moft floly Faith. Queli ThefauriM Theologies. 69 Queft. 2. 7H.it Arguments hive we to prove that GOD is? 1 From the Order of Caufes: Tor of every Effed there muft be a C :iuic, till wc come to the firft andunivcrial Caufe of all things, Every thing that is, was either made, or not made; if made, it muft be made by fome- thing that was not made. For every thing that is, is an Argument that God is, Row. i. 20. 1. All things above us; Sun, Moon, Stars, Clouds, Pfal.x'w.i. Aftsxiv. 16,17- 2. About us; Men, Trees, Beafts, Birds, &c ;. Beneath us; the Earth, Flowers, Plants. 4. Within us; ourSoulsand Bodies, Zac.x'm. 2. From the natural Confcience that accufeth, or elfe excufeth Men for their Actions, Rom. ii. 14, if. If«'> x * xm ' r 4- 5. From the Miracles wrought in all Ages | which being above the Power of Natural Caufes, muft needs argue a Supernatural Being, Pfal. xliv. 1. Tfal. lxxii. 18. 4. From the Prophecy and Predictions ot Things to come. 5. From the univerfal Confcnt of all. Nulla gens ufquam est adeo contra leges, mcrcfyut projecla ut non allquos Deos credat. Senec. Nulla gens tarn fcra eft> nemo omnium tarn immanh cujus ment?m non imbmrit Deorum opinio. Cic, So that this Article, 'Credo in Deum, is acknow < ledged by all. Queft. ;. What are we to believe concerning GOD? j. He is but One, Deut. vi. 4. Ifai. xliv. 6, ifai. xlY. Dmt. v. 24. and others. Resp, Not in any outward Shape, but only by ibme Manifestations of his Glory, and fpe- cial Prefence to them. Object. We mall fee God, i John iii. 2." j Cor. xiii. 1 2. Resp. With our Soul, not Bodily Eyes : Job (kith, He (hall behold Go n, Job xix. 26. that is, God the Son, in our Nature, not in his own pivine ElTence, Quefr. 2. In -what ftnfe is God to be worfohped in Spirit and in Truth ? Not as if no external Rites were now to be ufed in his Worfhip. Christ himfelf lift up h • i-yes to Heaven, John xvii. 1. He kneeled down^, Thefaurus Theobgicus. 73 down, Luke xxii. 41. yea, fell on his Face, Matt. xxvi. 39. St. Paul kneeled, Eph. iii. 14. Atts xxi. 5*. Confeffing, Praying, Praifing : Then the Sa- craments are external Rites, yet neceilary to be We arc therefore to worfhip in Spirit and m Truth : that is, 1. Not with Types or Shadows of Things to come, as in the Old Teltament, but accor- ding to the Truth of them exhibited in the New, John i. 17. Cbaf.vnL 17. Pu SicL cvn&xuv £ to t«jc, eLw' n $nw o 2u>7K, cv v/iV/Mtv x) *A«9^2t- Eufeb. 2. Not under any Bodily Shape, becaufe ho is a Spirit. The Samaritans here fpoken of, worfhipped him under the reprefentation of a Dove, upon Mount Garizin : Hence their Wor- fhip is called mi Dinp, ' Strange IVorJIup, by the Jews. This was not to worfhip in Truth, Rom. L 2 ^ 2 *- But we are to worfhip God only as a Spirit, and fo truly, not entertaining our grofs Conceits, or making any Picture or Image of him, Deut. ivr. 14, ij, 16. 3. We are to worfhip him, not only with external, but likewife with internal Wor- lhip. 1. By performing all our Devotions with our Minds, as well as Bodies, to him, 1 Cor. xiv. if. 1. By preferring him in our Judgments be- fore all Things elfe. Pfal. lxxiii. 2$. P 3. By 74 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 3. By fubmitting and bowing our Wills to his, Luke xxii. 42. 4. By putting our Truft and Confidence al- ways in him, Tfalm xxxvii. 3, 4, 5-, 6. y. By devoting ourfelves wholly to his Ser- vice, and to the Obedience of his Com- mands, 1 Sam. xv. 22. Use. Worfhip God thus in Spirit and Truth. Confider, 1. This is the only Worfhip that is acceptable in his fight, Ifa. i. n, 12. 2. That is agreeable to his Nature ; for he is a Spirit, and knows the Heart, EzaK xxxiii. 31. DeutJ Thefaurus Tbeologicw. 75 Deut. vi. 4. Hear, Ifrae!, The Lord our God is one Lord, Queft. 1 .T TO W doth it appear that there is but XT. one God? 1. From Scripture, Deut. iv. 35-. Vfal. xviii. jr. Ifa.xliv.6jS. Ifa.xlvi.y. Eph.iv.6. 1 Cor.v'm^. toco tin TW* jnw nn^ tuVijn, Maimomd. 2. From Reafon. Even from the Effential Properties of God, which can belong but to One : As there can be, 1. But One infinite Being. 2. One chiefeft Good. 3. One Omnipotent. If One can do all Things, What can there be for any other to do ? 4. One mrr, One Being of Beings, from whom all other Beings proceed, and upon whom they depend. 5*. We are commanded to love this One Lord with all our Hearts, Deut. vi. 5-, Mark xii. 29, 30. Veritas Chr'iftiana difiintle fronunciat Deus ft non unus est non est. Tertull. The Heathen Philofophers faw this by the Light of Nature. Unus non numero fed univerjitate. Ruff. Queft. 2. Why then is GOD in Scripture ufually called by a Name of the Plural Number, as here, -ina mm unS^ mrr, fo orhx n-q, end frequently elfewhere ? To 7 6 Thefaurus Theologicus. To denote, That tho' there is but One God, there is a Plurality of Perfons, every One of which is this One God. The firft Plural Number is Three; and there- fore a Trinity feems to be implied in the Word. Queft. 3. What ground have 7ve to believe this great Myfiery, that there are Three Ferfons in the Godhead ? This cannot be proved from Reafon, but only from Scripture. 1. From the Old Teftament, Gen. i. 1,2,;. Pfal. xxxiii.6,26. Gen. xix.24. mrr r\NO "noon nn, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. Numb. vi. 24, 2f, 26. Ifa. vi. % , 2. From the New Teftament, Matt. iii. 16,17. ?atsr auditur in voce, filius manifefiatur in carne^ Sp. S. dignofcitur in columbd. Auguft, Voce Tater y natus cor for e y flam en ave. Matt, xxviii. 19. John xiv. 26. Chap. XV. 26. Chap. xvi. 1 ;> 14. Luke i. 3 J. 2 Cor. xiii. 14, i j^» v. 7. This further appears, in that the Scripture af-» ferts, Three Perfons to be G o d. 1. The Father. 2. The Son. John i. 1, 2. where 'tis faid He made al} Things; as, Col. i. 14, iy, 16. John XX. 28. ABi xx. 28. j 77tw. iii. 16* I jfflj&w V. 20. Rom. ix. y. P/&/7. ii. 6, 7. 3. The Holy Ghoft is alfo plainly aflerted tq be God. Atls v. 3, 4, j Cor. vi. 19* Yet Thefaurus Tbeologicus. 77 Yet thefe Three all are One _ G o n, 1 Job. v. 7. K*» «to/ 0) 7?Z< h «<*, 1 Cor. xii. 4, f , 6. This hath been the conftant Dodtrine of the Church in all Ages. Christ was alfo believed, itulaQ-- Ejufchm fubftantix cum Patre. Tertull. Queft. 4. What NeceJJity is there of our btlieving this Article ? 1. It is necefiary to our right believing in th« true God, the Father Almighty: For he that doth not believe in him, as he is Re- vealed, doth not believe in him aright, Job. xvii. ;. 2. It is necefiary to diftinguifh us from Jews, Turks and Heathens. I. It is neceffary to confirm our Faith in C hrist's Merits and Mediation for us, Heh x.4. Queft. y. What Ufe arc we to make of this Truth? 1 . It mould ftir us up to more Thankfulnefs to God. 1. For revealing this great Myftery to us, Matt. xi. 25-. 2. For fending this his Son to die for us, J»hn iii. 16. Rom. V. 8. 1 Job. iv. 9, io\ 2. It mould teach us to Honour and Worfhip the Son and Holy Ghoft as God, John v. 22, 25. Hcb. i. 6. 1. To love him, Matt. x. %-]. 1 Cor.xvi. 22. 2. To pray to him, Acl. vii. 5:9. 3. To praife Christ, Rev. v. 1;, 14. Psal 7 8 Tbefaurus Tbeologicw. Ps al. cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be framed ; and bis greatnefs is un» fearcbable. -\pn pa vfrtf?i tkoVto mrr Va Queft. i.T 7CTH*f is the Meaning of the Name V V h er e given to Gob, nirp ? It fignifies Effence or Being, and fo is the moft proper or Effential Name of God, Exod. vi. 3. Exod. iii. 14. uv to %v,> Vfal. lxviii. 4. ?fal. lxxxiii. 18. yjuexQ; and fo it denotes, 1. His Simplicity, without Parts, Mixture, or Compofition; without Faculties, Habits, or Qualities. Nothing in God, but what is God, his Effence ; therefore his Properties are not diftind. 1. From his Effence : For then he would be compounded, and his Properties are not finite, for Infinitude is One; yea, the Pro- perty of all his Properties; they could not be infinite if diverfe from his Effence ; for then there would be two, yea, many Infinites. 2. Nor from One another ; for then they muft be diftinguifhed from his Effence, and he compounded. But the Properties of God are only the fe- veral Apprehenfions we have of God according to the feveral Manifeftations he maketh of him- felf to us, 1 Job. i. 5". Job. xiv. 6. Hence G o d is all and every Perfe&ion in him- felf; Wifdom, Goodnefs, Power, &c. which as in God, may be predicated upon him, and on one another, not as we conceive them. 2. It Tbefaurus Theologies . 79 2. It denotes his Immutability or Unchangeable- nefs: For he that is a pure and fimple Be- ing, cannot admit of any Change ; asappears 1. From Scripture, Jac. i. 17. Vfal. xxxiii. 11. Jfa. xlvi. 10. Hcb. vi. 17, 18. Numb, xxiii. 19. 2. From Reafon. 1. He cannot be changed from any Thing, either within him or without him. 2. Neither to the better, the worfe, nor the like. Object. God is faid-to Repent, Gen. vi. 6. Exod. xxxii. 14. Res p. This is fpoken of God only after the manner of Men as Mofes fpake to him, Exod. xxxii. io, 11. Use. This mould, 1. Enflame our Love and Aflfe&ions to God, as One in whom is all Good, all Perfe&ions. 2. Confirm our Faith in him and his Promifes, John xiii. 1. 3. Make us fear his Thieatning, becaufe he is unchangeable. Queft. 2. In what Scnfe is G ovfaid to be Great ? Not in Quantity, nor Quality, but it denotes, 1. His Immenfuy, the Greatnefs of his Being, whereby he is every where, containing all Things, and yet being contained of Nothing, 1 fog. viii. 27. Vfal. exxxix. 7. Jfa. lxvi. 1. Jer. xxiii. 23, 24. But how then is God faid fometimes to be near? As If a. Iv. 6. Becaufe he thenfhews Himfelf and his Favour more, Dent. iv. 7. 2.IC 80 Tbefaufus Tbeologicw. 2. It denotes his Eternity, or the Greatnefs of his Duration, without Beginning of Time, or End of Days, Vfal. Xc. 2. If a. xli. 4. Chap. xliv. 6. Apoc. i. 8, 17. This is alio plain from his Name, Exod. iii. 14. Ti J? uv 78 divti V) mnutWM &?r, xj raix. 13. 3. Becaufe he gives us the Space and Means of Repentance, that fo we may efcape Pu- nifhment, 2 Vet. iii. 9. Ifa. xxx. 1 8. 4. Becaufe upon our Repentance he doth not punifh us at all, 2 Sam. xii. 13. Jonah iii. 10. Ezek. xviii, 30. Ifa. hr. 7. . QuefL 2. What Vfe are we to make of this the Long-fuffmng of GOD? 1. Abufe it not to the hardening your felves in Sin^ Ecclef. viii. 11, 12, 13. 2. Imitate God, in being lcng-fuffering to one another, as he is to you, Col. iii. 12* Efh. iv. 2. Gal. v. 22. 2 Tim. iii. 10. I Let this Long-fufFering of God lead the© to Repentance, Rom. ii. 4. Exod. Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 89 Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant in Goodnefs and Truth now -on m Queft. I.T7I7 HAT is the Goodnefs of GO D? ■w An eflential Property in God, whereby we apprehend him infinitely good in himfelf, and co all his Creatures, Vfal cxix. 68. 1. He is infinitely good in and of himfelf, yea, Goodnefs it felf, the Summuto Bonum, Matt. xix. 17. For, 1. All defirable Perfections whatsoever are united in him • all Things that can any way conduce to the making himfelf or us happy, Vfal. cxliv. ij. Vfal xxxiv. 9. 1. Hence he is fo good as to be able to fatif- fy all our Defires, Vfal. lxxiii. 25*. Vfal iv. 6, 7. VfaL xvi. 11. Vfal xvii. xy. 2. He is infinitely good unto all his Creatures, Vfal cxix. 64. "pon Vfal cxlv. 9. x. It is from him, that any of us are good or holy, and conformable to his Nature, Jac. i. 17. 2* It is from him that we do any Thing that is good, 1 Cor. iv. 7. 3. It is from him that we have any Thing that is good, Atts xvii. 25-. Queft. 2. What Ufe are we to make of the Good- nefs of GOD? 1. See* 90 Tbefaurus Tbeologicw. i. Seeing he is fo good, We muft never lay the Fault on him, nor complain of. him. He cannot be the Author of Sin. 2. Hence we mould be afhamed, and afraid, to offend him, If at. i. 2, ;. 3. We mould put our whole Truft and Confi- dence on him. PfaL ix. 10. 4. We mould love him above all Things, Matt. xxii. 57. Which if we do, he is fo good, that he will make all Things good to us, Rom. viii. 28. 5. We mould make it our Bufmefs to get his Love and Favour, for then we mail have all good Things, PfaL cxlii. j. Ifa. lv. 6. And Truth. G o d's Mercy and Truth do ordinarily go to- gether, PfaL xxv. 10. PfaL lvii. 3. Tfal. lxi. 7. PfaL Ixxxvi. 1 j. PfaL lxxxix. 14. Mercy and Truth meet together, PfaL lxxxv. 10. But both by Christ, Job. i. 17. Upon thefe Two all our Hopes depend. We have no Hopes of Mercy, but from his Word ; nor Certainty of his Word, but from his Truth. Queft. 1 . What is that Truth wherein G O D is faid to abound? Not MetLJ.phyfical or Logical, but Moral Ve- racity. He is laid to be abundant in Truth ; 1. Becaufe he always thinks of, or apprehends, every Thing as really it is, Hcb. iv. 13. 2. He always fpeaks as he thinks, Tit. i. 2. Hub. vi. 18. Hence whatfoever God faith in Scripture is infallibly true, F faL cxix. xci, 160. ' All ThefaurHt Theologicw. 91 All his AiTertions. 1. Hiftorical, howfoever miraculous. 2. Do&rinal, how much foever beyond our Thoughts and Reafon, 1 Job. v. 7. Job. i. 14. ;. He always a<5b both as he thinks and fpeaks. 1. In his Predictions, Exod. xii. 41. Jer. XXV. ir, 12. zCbren. XXXVi. 21. Ez,ra i. 1. Matt. V. 18. 2. In his Threatnings, Gen. vi. 7. Mtf . xxiv. 2. 3. In his Promifes, Gen. iii. iy. eaf. xlix. 10. D£1 py NUj, i. Perverfenefs, 2. Rebel- lion, as Ifa. i. 2. rfcWj Miftake, or Error. Queft. io What is Sin ? 'Arop'a, 1 John iiL 4^ In it is, 1. A Contrariety to God's Law, whereby it leaves a Blot on the Soul. 2. An Offenfivenefs to his Majefty, Vfalnt cvi. 29. 5. Hence it deferves Death, Rom. vi. 25. 4. Whereby every Sinner is obliged to fufFer Death, Rom. iii. 1 9. Queft. 2. ?%<# Is Forgivenefs of Sin ? A Difcharging us from our Guilt or Obliga- tion to Punifhment, 2 Sam. ii. 1;. 1. God only can pardon Sin: Becaufe it is done againft him, ?fal. liii. 4, at. He Tbejaurus Theolooicus. 95 2. He will not do it without Satisfaction. 3. We cannot fatisfy for our Sins, becaufe committed againft an Infinite God. 4. It is only therefore upon the Account of Christ and his Sufferings that our Sins are pardoned, Ifiii. liii. 5-, 6. Row. v. 8, 9. Col. i. 14. 1 Tim. ii. y, 6, 7. Hence it is here added, And will by no means char the Guilty without Satisfaction. Queft. 3. How way we far take of this Mercy ? 1. Repent : For, 1. Without Repentance there is no Pardon, Ez,ek. xviii. 30. Luke xiii. 3. 2. They that Repent fhall certainly be par- doned, Ifai. lv. 7. Ez,ck. xviii. 21, 22, 27, 28. Acts viii. 22. 3. That Repentance, upon which our Sins are pardoned, muff be lincere : Confiding, 1. In an hearty Sorrow and Contrition for our Sins paff, Tfalm li. 2, 3, 4. Vfalm xxxviii. 18. 2. In a real Abhorrence and Deteftation of Sin at prefenr, Vf.dm cxiw 113. 3. In fteadfaft Purpofes and Refolutions againft Sin for the future, Vfalm xxxix. 1. Vfalm xvii. 3. 4. In fincere Endeavours to perform thofe Refolutions, by forfaking Sin, Ez*k. xxxiii. ii, j. In 94 Thefaurtu Theologicm. 5. In turning unto God, Joel ii. 12, 13. Jer. iv. 1. Zech. i. 3. 2. Believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, AH* xvi. j 1. For, 1. There is no Pardon without him, Afis iv. 12. Matt. i. 21. 2. Nor by him, without Believing in him, Job. iii. 18. Rom, iii. 20, 26. Hence, 1. Confider your Sins. 2. Repent of them. 3. Truft on the Promifes of God, and Be- lieve on the Merits of his Son for Pardon, and you ihall have it. P&AL? Thefaurw Theologians. 95 Ps a L. cxlvii. j. His Under ft an ding is infinite. Queft. i.'XTLJ HAT 'are we to conceive by the V V Untlerft anting of GOD? It is that Property of G o d whereby we appre- hend him to underftand himfelf, and of and by himfelf all Things elfe, together with the Rea- fons of them, Job xii. 13. Prov. viii. 14. So that by it we apprehend God, 1. To be Omnifcient, All-knowing; that is, throughly acquainted with all and every Thing that ever was, or is, or will be, or can be. This is plain, 1. From Scripture, Heb.W.i}. Matt. x. 29. TfaL exxxix. 2, 3, 4. John xxi. 17. 2. From Reafon : For God made and pre- ferves, and therefore muft needs know all Things, tyn. i. ji. P/L7. exxxix. ij, 16. 2. He gives Knowledge to other Things, Gen. ii. 20. 1 Reg. iv. «a. Pf e ,l xciv. 10. 3. That he is infinitely Wife, Rom. xvi. 27. 1 Tim. i. 17. Job xii. 12, 13. This appears, 1. From his wife Contrivance of the World, and the Conftitution of all fecondary Caufes under him. 2. From his Government of the World, and the Management of .all Things, fo as to make them concur to his own Glory Tfal.ha.Yl 10. ; ' ;. From his Redemption of Mankind, by the Death of his Son, Rom. xj. 33. Queft. 2. 9 6 Thefaurus Theologicw, Queft. 2. What XJfe are we to make of this ? i. We mould hence learn to admire the Wis- dom and Knowledge of God ; who knows ' all Things, not by Species or Notions ab- ftra&ed from the Things themfelves, but by his own Effence, which is the perfed: Idea of all Things ; and therefore he knew all Things that are, before they were, even from Eternity. And that too, not by Succeffion, one Thing after another, but altogether with one limple Ad. 2. This ihould make us drive all Hypocrify from us, and have as great a Care of our Hearts as we have of our outward A&ionsj forafmuch as he knoweth one as well as another, Gen.vi. y. P/^/.xciv.ii. P/^/.cxxxix, 2. Jer. xvii. 9, 10. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. 5. Hence we mould learn to put our whole Truft and Confidence on him, as knowing that tho* we do not, yet he knows how to preferve us, and what is beft for us, 2 Vet, ii. 9. 4. Hence we Ihould always live as under the. Eye of God, Tfal. cxxxix. 7. Psa£ The] aunts Theologicw. 97 P S a L. cxlv. 1 7. The Lord is Righteous in all his Ways. 1. Delivering nothing in it but what is cer- tainly true. 2. Fulfilling whatfoever he there, 1. Foretels, Matt. v. 18. 2. Threatens, Jcr. li. 29. 3. Promifes. In which there being ari Obligation, tho' not of God to us, yet of God to himfelf, fo that he is fibi debitor, he will moft certainly and juftly perform them all, 1 Join I 9, Hcb. vi. 10. 2TheJf.l 6,7. iM. In his Works. 1. In punifhing the Wickedy Tf.h li. f. a. In rewarding the Righteous. Object. But how comes it to pafs then, that the Wicked are often in a better outward Con- dition than the Righteous? A nsw. This hath been a great ftumbl;n~ Block in all Ages, Pfal. lxxiii. 2, 1. John xii. 1. But is certainly a great Inftance of G oi>'s Juflice and Fidelity to his Promife, and an Argument of his Love to them, H t [>. xii. 6. Vfal. cxix. 71. We mail certainly have Caufe to blefs Go d to Eternity for our Afflictions, as much, if not more than for all our Profperity. Queft. j. Wh.it Vft to le niaJt of this ? i. Then we fhould not repine at any Provi- dence of God, Lam. iii. 3?. 7. Have a care of Sin, as that which God will one Day moil certainly punim, Eccltf. x* o. H» %■ *"4 ioo Thefaurus Tbeotogicus. «■ — ■ ' ■ - - — — — ■■ ■ ■ -■■■ i I. i i ■ — — . ^, 3, Truft and Believe ift the Promifes of God, for they will mbft certainly be fulfilled, Tit. i. 2. Heb. vi. 18. Chap. xiii. 6. 4.. Imitate God in being Righteous your- felves, Pfalm xL 7. Gen* xviii i* 1 am the Almighty GOD. Queft. I.TN what fenfe is GOD f aid to be AU \_ mighty ? 1. Becaufe he hath all Power or Authority over all Things, If wa 3 potefias, asZ,«£exii. 5. i^atnew %%V7a } ABs 1. J. c* 7? \JitL tymnet* Hence he is called, ^JIN, Ktfe*©% Awm-m. Yicur'nK&'ws, the Word* in the Creed. In this Senfe God is Almighty : 1. In refped of the Objed. He hath Pow- er and Authority over all Things, Deut, x. 14. 1 Chron. xxix. n, 12. 2. In refped of the Manner. As he hath Power over all Things, fo he hath all Power over every Thing, Jer. xviii. 6. Row. ix. 20, 21. 3. In refped of the Duration. He hath all Power over all Things, at all Times, yea, before Tbefauru* Tbcologicus. i o I before, in, and after all Times, i Tim. i. 17, Tfal. cxlv. 1 3 . 2. He is faid to be Almighty, becaufe he can do all Things whatfoevcr himfelf pleafeth, JUil certe non ob aliud vocatur omnipotent, nifi quod yuicquid vult potefi. Aug. Deo nihil efi impojfibile nifi quod non vult. Tertull. This is plain, I. From Scripture, Tfal. cxxxv. 6. Lule i. 37," Matt, xix, 26. Apoc. iv. 8. chap. xix. 6, JI. From Reafon. 1. He muft needs be Almighty, feeing he is the Fountain of Might. There is no Power but what comes from him; there- fore none but what is in him, Rom. xiii. r f John xix. n. Acls xvii. 18. z. There can be no Refiftance, no Oppofi- tion made againft him, to hinder what he defigns, 2 Cbron. x>;. 6. Job ix. 12. Jfai f xiv. 27. Dan. iv. 34, ;j. 2. There is no End, no Limits of his Pow- er, but whatfoever he doth or hath done, he is ftill able to do infinitely more, Job xlii. 1, 2. He could create New Worlds ; make more Stars or Creatures. Of Stones, raife up Children to Abraham^ Luke iii. 8. Send Legions of Angels, Matt. xxvi. j?. Subdue all Things to himfelf, fhil. iii. 2j Eph. iii, 20, joz Thesaurus Theologicus. Qucft. 2. Is there nothing but what GOD can do ? i. Nothing but what implies a Contradiction. Either, i. Directly, as for a thing to have been, and not to have been. 2. Indirectly or confequentially, as that one Body fhould be in Two Places, or Two Bodies in one Place at the fame time. So to Lie, Tit. i. 2. Heb. vi. 18. To deny him- felf, 2 Tim. ii.i 5. To Sin, Hab. i. 1 ;. where tho' the Words be not Contradictory, the Senfe is. For to fay, God lies, &c. is as much as to fay, God is not God; for thefe are all Imperfections. 2. Though God cannot do what implies a Contradiction, yet he is truly faid to be able to do ail Things, for that is not properly Doing, but fufFering ; to Lie, to Die, &c. is to Suffer. And again, One part of a Contra- diction is always falfe : And therefore fhould Q o d do that, he would fuffer himfelf to be destroyed, he being Truth it felf. Jjms dlcitur omnipotent faciendo quod vult % noTi paticudo quod non vtilt. Aug, 3. He is not the lefs Omnipotent becaufehe cannot do fuch Things, for he therefore can- riot do them becaufe he is Omnipotent: So» that the doing of them, would argue Impo- tence ; the not being able to dp them, argues his Omnipotence. Mult a ncn poteft & cmnipotenfe eft, & idea qmnU ptevje quia ifta non Poteft, Aug. Queft. 3 ; Tbefaurtts Tbeologicus. 103 Queft. 5. What Ufe are we to make of that? h G o d Almighty I 1. Then fubroit to his Will and Pleaiure, lja. xlv. 9. Pfal. xxxix. 9. 2. Fear him, Jo: v. zi. Matt, x. 2S. kcmem- ber the O/,/ World, the Egyptians, Corah, IXi- tban and Abirarn, Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot S Wife, Nebuchadnezzar, BdfaaXAar^ Htrod\ and fear none but him. ;. Then truft on him, and in thcie Pro- ' mifes he hath made unto us, Rom. iv. 20, 21. 2 7/w. i. 12. Remember NW>, 7*ftfA, the Jfrr.chtes at the /te/Sw, and in the Wildemefs, the 7&r« Children, Daniel in the Den, ^, Peter. a. This mould excite and encourage us to pray continually unto God, as one who is able to fupply all our Wants, and to do whatfoever we defire, yea, and infinitely more too, Epb. iii. 20. r. Is God Almighty? Then walk before him, and be perfect, or finccre, crcn >'• fr. * 2 ' H4 G£K. 104 Thef auras Theologicus. Gen. i. i. In the beginning GOD created Heaven and Earth w E have already treated of God's Exiftence, p-6p> Spiritual EATence,' h . y i Greatnefs, fo.^. Love, h, $i. ' Mercy, b- 6>3« ^- Grace, V . Goodnefs.7 , fl . Truth, ^W Wifdom, f 3 -35- Juftice and Powen pjy. ^3S. Creation is a great Article of Faith, Heh. xi. 3 3 I. Here is the Agent or Efficient Caufe^ God, ujvhto, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Father, 1 Cor. viii. 6. Son, 1 Cor, viii. 6. John xiii. 10. Col i. i& Heh. i. 2, 10. '* Holy Ghoft, Pfal. xxxiii. 6. V3 mm Jobxwi. 13. Ge». i. 2. II. The Objeft : Heaven and Earth : that is^ All the World, or all Things that had any Be- ginning j as Co/, i. 16. So Thefaurus Theologicus. 105 Soothe Phrafe, Heaven and Earth, is always ufed in Scripture, there being no one Word in the Hebrew that fignifies the World. Sti is rendred World, If a. ; 8. yrhn 3^ rjy but there the Tar gut hath it, NpiM nn\ the In- habitants of the Earth, as the Place alfo requires it fliould be tranflated. So Vin is never any more then hnyfon, the habitable World. So it is rendred by the LXX. in Vfal ir. s. where alfo the Targut hath xyix, the Arabhk the fame , and amongft the Gretks too till Tythagorai, Uu^et^p^fx rr§uTo< tiro/Mm 7nv %? Zhov 'mttoyviv xaffMVt iM.'f'lv "eurrS Tu£iaf. Plutarch. Hence Mundus. III. The A&. He Created : that is, Made all Things of Nothing. Though the Word *ra doth not evince this, yet it being ordinarily in Scripture joined with nwp and Tjx»- yet, 1. This is plain from the Manner of the Crea- tion, becaufe it was by his Word fpeaking, Gen. i. 3, &c. So Rom. iv. 17. Heb. ii. 3. 2. For the Word rrroverbs iii. 6. 2. Pray to him alone for all true Grace and Virtue, as to the only Fountain of it - y and depend upon him alone for it. Qlieft. If GOD thus governs the World, how comes it to fafi that there is fo much Sin and Wickednef in it ? 1. God, if he would, could have fo ordered it, that no Sin fliould ever have been com- mitted ; for he could have prevented it at firft, or can ftill do it, or annihilate all Sin- ners, that they mail never fin more. 2. Tho' he permits Sin, he is not the Caufe or Author of it, Jac. i. 13, 14. That is Blaf- phemy, yea 5 a Contradiction. 3. Tho: Tbefaurus Theologicw. 1 1 3 \ i~i — _^_— — — — — _ — __^ — 3. Tho' God permits Sin, yet he fo governs and orders it, that he produccth Good out of it. 1. By permitting one Sin, he fomctimes punifheth another, Rom. i. 21, 22, 23, 25", 2. He over-rules the Sins of wicked Men, fo as that they (hall turn to the Good of the Righteous, Gen. xlv. 7, 8. Act: ii. 23. C£rf/>. iv. 28. 3. He makes all Sin redound to his own Glory ; either the Glory, 1. Of his Mercy in pardoning, R0m.ix.23. 2. Or of his Juftice in punifhing of it, Trov. xvi. 4. 2 The]]', i. 7, 8, 9. IV. He orders afTd difpofeth of all Thirigs, giving them to whomfoevcr he plea fern. 1. Wealth and Riches, Deut. viii. 18. Gen. xxxii. 9. 1 Tim. vi. 17. Job i. 21. Ecckf. v. 18, 19. G6rf/>. vl. 1, 2. 2. Honour and Preferments, 1 CZ-ro». xxix. 12. Vfal. lxxv. 6, 7. 2 Sam. xii. 8. 1 i?^ a iii. 13. 1 Srfw. ii. j t 8. P/^/w cxiii. 7. 3. Love and Favours, Gc». xxxix. 21. Dan. i. 9. Exod. xii. 36. C/6.;/). iii. 21. 4. Healrh and Strength of Body, i Sam. xii. 16. Ndaman was cured, and Gchazi made a Leper by G o d, 2 £eg. v. 27. ^#j xvii. 25". 2 C£r077. xvi. 12. y. Gifts and Parts of the Mind, 1 Reg. iii. 9,i2. Exod. xxxv. 26, 31. C/fc*/>. xxxvi. f, 2. Chap. xxxi. I, 2, 3, 6. Jac. i. 5-. 6. All true Grace and Virtue wbttfoever. Faith is the Gift of God, Epb. ii. 8. So is Repentance, A&$ x^. iS. iTni. ii 25", w4ff / v. 3 1 . Vol t I And 1 1 4 Thejauriu Theologicw. And fo all other Graces, Jac. i. 17, 18. i Cor. iv. 7. 7. Heaven kfelf and eternal Life, Romans vi. 23. All thefe the Works of God, his Prefervation, Infpedtion, Government, and Difpofition of all Things^are done ; 1. With infinite Power : For he doth all Things without Trouble, only with his Word, and none can refill him, 2 Chro. xx, 6. Job ix. 12. 2. With infinite Wifdom ; fo that he dire&s all Things to the bell End, his own Glory, Tfal. civ. 24. Row. xi. 3;. 3. With infinite Juftice and Righteoufnefs ; fo that he wrongs none, nor is unjuft or unrighteous to any, Tfal, cxlv. 17. 4. Widi infinite Goodnefs and Mercy, which clearly appear in all and every Thing he doth, Tfal. cxlv. 9. Use. 1. Hence we mould learn to think, that no- thing comes by Chance or Fortun e; but we acknowledge God and his Providence in every Thing that conies upon us, Trov. iii. 6. Exod. viii. 19. 2. To fear nothing but God; . forafmuch as no Good can be withrholden from us, no Evil can fall upon us, without him, Matt, \. 28, 29, 30. ;. That altho' we may and ought to make ufc of Means, yet we mult put our whole Truft > J Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. i i 5 Truft and Confidence only on G o D, r with- out whom the beft Means will be unfuc- cefsful, the leaft by him will prove effectu- al, Vfal. xxx vii. 3, 4, 7. Live always upon Providence, 2 Chrcttt, XX; 12. To fubmit to his Will and Pleafure, and acquiefce in all his Providences, as the Pro- ducts of infinite Wifdom, Power, and Good- nefs, 1 Sam. iii. 1 8. Tfalm xxxix. 9. Ifai. xxxix. 8. 2 Sam. xvi. 9, 10, 11. To give Go d Thanks for every thing that happens to you, for all the Mercies you enjoy, and for all the Miferies you do net feel, Lamentations iii. 22. Still piaife him, Job i. 21. Rom. xi. 33, 36, J UD£ " i 1 6 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus, J U D E 6. And the Angels which kept not their firtt Eflate. I. CJ OME of the Angels kept their firft Eftate^ \3 that isj retained the fame Integrity and Perfe&ion wherein they were created j concern- ing which we may obferve, i. Their Names, CTDNha "aj^sxo/. Cherubim, EzeL x. i, 4, j. Seraphim, burning or flaming Spirits, lfa.vi.2l Sons of G o d, Job i. 6. Chap, xxxviii. 7. Thrones, Dominions, &c. Col. i. 1 6. There be Archangels, 1 Thejf. iv. 16. Such a one is Michael, Jude 9. Sfc:P£ So perhaps Gabriel, Dan. viii. 16. S*n3Jt 2. Their Nature. They are fpiritual Sub- fiances, of great Knowledge, and Power fpiritual, Vfalm civ. 4. Heb. i. 14. Of great Knowledge, 2 Saw. xiv. 17. Natural. Revealed, 1 Tet. i. 12. Experimental. They communicate themfelves to one ano- ther by their Will. And Power, Pfalm ciii. 20. 2 Thejf. i. 7. 2 Reg. xix. ;$\ 3. What is their Duty and Employment? That we can tell pnly by reading of what they have done. We find, 1. They praife God, If at, n, 3. ApocAr.S. Chap- vii, 11, 12. 2. They Tbefaurtu Theological. I 1*7 2. They attended our bleiTed Saviour at his Conception, Lukei. 26, 27, 35*. At his Birth, Luke ii. 9, 10, 13, 14. At Bethlehem, Matt. ii. 13. And in Egypt, Matt. ii. iq. Afcer his Temptation, Matt. iv. 11. In his Agony, Luke xxii. 43. At his Apprehenfion, Matt. xxvi. ^ 3. At his Refurrection, Matt, xxviii. 2. John xx. 12. At his Afcenfion, ABs i. 10, 11. Yen, they worfhip him, Heb. i. 7. Which fhews, 1. How much he is above the Angels, Heb, I 4. 2. What Reafon we have to worfhip him. ;. They minifter to the Saints. 1. In their Life-time : 1. To keep them out of Evil, Pfil. xct. 11, 12. 1 Reg. xix. f, 6. 2 Keg. vi. 17, 2. To deliver them from it, if they be fallen into it, Pfal. xxxiv. 7. Numb. xx. 16. Gen. xix. 1 5", 22. Dan. iii. 28. c^. vi. 22. AttsxW.l, 8. r^. v. 19,20. ;. To guide and direct them what to do, Gen. xxii 11,12. Acts X. ;, 22. 1 Chro. xxi. 18. Acts viii. 26. 4. To acquaint them with Things to come, Dan. viii. 16. £ 4. Then he denies the Trinh of G o d's Threat- nings, *vtr r 4. j. Gives her a contrary Promiie, t-er. 5-. 6. Ufeth the Name of G od to conhrm it, -v. y. 2. Through the Woman's Fault. 1. In entring into a Difputewith the Devil. 2. In doubting of the Truth of God's Com- mand. 3. In eating the Fruit. ;. Mans too. In taking the Fruit at her Hands, and eating it; whereby he broke all the Law. In hac lege Ada data omnia pracepta condita recog- jufcwtuSj qua poftea pullulaverunt data per Mu~ fen. Tcrtull. And fo he broke, 1. The Firft Command, by Infidelity, Ingra- titude, Contempt of God; Ambition to be like God, Gen. iii. j. 2. Hearkening to the Devil's Word more than to God's, and fo worfhiping him. 5. Profaning God's Name, and blafpheming it, by preferring the Devil before him. 4. Profaning the Sabbath, by dcing it upon that Day. y. Eye in not confulting her Husband, and he in pleafing his Wife more than God. 6. Murdering their whole Pofterity, John viii. 44, 7. In minding the Lulls of the Flefli more than the Law of God 8. In Healing God's Fruit, and being dis- contented with their preient Condition. 9. By paffing a falfe Judgment upon the Fruit, and receiving a fails Accufation a- gainft God. ip. Evil Concupifcence, and coveting the Things belonging to another. IV. By 1 ' ' -> 124 Tbefaurus Theologicus. IV. By this Difobedience of Adam, many, e- ven all his Pofterity, were made Sinners, j. By Imputation. His Sin is reckoned to all. As appears, j. In that all finned in him, Rom. v. 12. Htb. vii. 9, 10. Rom. v. 16, 17, 18. 2. All died in Adam, 1 Cor. XV. 22. Rom. vi.23. 3. All were then in his Loins : So that he was the common Father of all Mankind; therefore called Adam 3 that is, Man in ge- neraI,_G 2. By Inhefion.' All, by reafon of Adams Sin, Jfh. s6i . are maae Sinners. 1. All are born in Sin, Vfal. Li. $\ Job xiv. 4. Eph. ii. ;. John iii. 6. Hence only it is that Children die. tl All do adually commit Sin, which fhews all Mankind to be polluted with it, and in- clined to it, Ecclef. vii. 20. Prov. xx. 9. 1 Reg. viii. 46. Gal. iii. 22. 1 John i. 8, 10. 5. The whole Man is defiled with Sin, and con- tinually fubjed to it. 1. The Underftanding, 1 Cor. i. 19, 20. cap* ii. 14. 2. The Mind and Confcience, Tit. i. 1 f. It is ftupid and fencelefs, 1 Tim, iv. 2. or elfe troubled. 3. The Memory, 2p^.i.i2. Inremembring only the worft, forgetting the bed Things. 4. The Thoughts and Imagination, Gen. vi. , £, which appears in their Vanity and Dif- order. 5. The Will and AfFedions, John i. 13. Col, iii. 2. in being placed, either, 1. Upon unlawful Objeds. 2. Or upon lawful Objeds in an unlaw- ful Manner, £. The Tbefaurus Tbeologtcus. i 2 5 6. The Body, z fb& v. 25. It is not now ferviceable to the Soul. But a Clog to it, Yea, tempts and feduces it to Sin. Hence our Original Sin is the corrupt Foun- tain from whence all our ad:ual Sins flow, Jac. i. 14. Some Relicks of it remain in the beft Saints, Gal. v. 17. Use. 1. This mould make us low and humble in our own Eyes, Job xv. 14, iy, 16. 2. Hence we mould earnestly defire to be born again, and made new Creatures : For otherwife our Condition is fad indeed, and very deplorable. ;. Hence we mould go to Christ the Se- cond Adam, that we may be made Righ- teous by him, as we are Sinners by the Firft. R O M, \i6 Tbefaurus Theologicut. MST1F1CATI0M R o m. v» 1 9, So by the Obedience of One, /ball many be made Righteous,, I.Tl^THO is this One fpoken of? Not one V \ Man, but only One in general. i. All Mankind being contained m^ and fo fallen with Adam, God raifed up another Adam, by whom they might rife, i Cor. xv. 4$-. Who being promifed, as foon as the firft fell, Gen. Hi. 15. is called the Second Man, 1 Cor. xV. 47. 2. This was no lefs a Perfon than the Son of God made Man, John i. 14. 1 Tim.iii. 16. For he took the Nature of Man into his Divine Perfon, Htb. ii. 16. 3. Hence the whole Nature of Man was as- fully and really contained in him as in the Firft Adam, 1 Cor. xv. 22. 4. This the Second Man had this extraordina- ry Advantage over the Firft ; that where- as the other was but a Man made in the Likenefs of God, this was God made in the Likenefs of Man, Phil. ii. 6, 7. II. What was the Obedience of this One her© fpoken of? 1. He did no Sin, was not guilty in the leaflL* Ifai. liii. 9. 1 Pet. ii. 22. 1 John iii. J. John viii. 46. 2. He did whatfoever the Law required ; and fo remain d perfe&ly Righteous in all things, Matt. iii. 1 £• Hek vii. 26, 27, 28. c T/o? eit # euuyx TiKfiu/xivoVt John XV, IO. Cbap.'lV. 54. 3. He Tbefauruf Theologies. i 2 7 2. Htf was Obedient even to Death itfelf, fid. ii. 8. So that he underwent that Death which the Fir ft Adam had deferv'd for all Mankind. HI In what Senfe are many here faid to be made Righteous by One ? Even in the fame Senfe as we are before faid to be made din- ners by One. 1. By having Christ's Righteoufnefs, as we had Adams Sin imputed to us. 1. No Man can be pronounced Righteous by God, unlefs he be really fo, Prov* xvii. 1 5. Ifai. v. 23. 2. But no Man is really Righteous in him- {elf, Ecclef. vii. 20. *. Hence it is impoflible we fliould be ac- r cepted of as Righteous before God, un- lefs we have fome other Righteoufnefi imputed to us, Rom. iv. 6, 1 1. 4. Hence Christ was pleafed to be Obe- dient even to Death for us ; that fo by his Obedience imputed to us, we might be accepted of as Righteous. For, I, Our Righteoufnefs is plainly alTerted to be only in Christ, 2O. v. 21. He was made Sin for us. ®uemadmodum obl.it us pro peccatis non immt- rito peccator faflis dkitur. Ambrof^ Our Sins were laid on him, Ifai. lijj. 6. So his Righteoufnefs on us, Phil. iii. 8, 9. Eph. i. 6. 2. He is exprefly called, Our Righteoufnefs, Jer, xxiii. 6. Cha. xxxiii. 16. 1 Cor. 1. 20. 2, He 128 Tbefaurus Theologicur. ■ 3. He is called our Surety, Heb. vii. 22. who being Bound for us, paid in our Stead what the Law required of us. 4. Christ's whole Obedience was only upon our Account, and for our Sakcs, Gal. iv. 4, f . So that by his Obedience the Law is per- fectly fulfilled in us, Rom. Viii. 3, 4. 2. We are made Righteous by C h r i s t, ste Sinners by Adam inherently. 1. He mortifies our Sins, 1 John iii. 8. ABs iii. 26. 1 John i. 7, 9- 2. He gives Repentance, ABs v. 31. 3. He fan&ifies our whole Natures, and makes us Holy, 1 Con i. 30. 1 Cor. vi. 11. Epb. v. 2 j, 26, 27. 4. He enables us to do good Works, John xv. 4f. TtU ii. 14. P&7. iv. xi, 12, 13* Use. i. Thank God for Christ. 2. Put your whole Truft in hint only, fof Grace as well as Pardon. 1. Let it be your great Care to be in the Number of thofe who are made Righteous in C h r 1 s t, in believing in him. 4. Live as becometh fuch righteous Perfonsi Acts ThejdurtM Tblologicw. 129 Acts xvi. 3 1. Belieiic on the Lord Jejus Chrift, and thou /bait be favedi l WO Things required to a true Faith in Christ, I. That we believe all the Articles of our Chri- ftian Faith. And particularly that concerning Christ, we believe. i. That he is the Lord, KJe*©-, Luk.il ir. Cod, the Supream Being and Gover- nor of the World, Job. xx. 28. Mff, as UplX Jiff, 7er. xxiii. 6. 2. That he is the Lord Jesus, Matt. a. 21. the only true Jesus or Saviour, Ail. iv.i 2 i 3. That he is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Meffiah promifed in the Old Ttftamen: 7 Dart. ix. 2 J , 26. Matt. xvi. 16. And, by Consequence, we are to believe, that he, 1. Died. 2. Rofe again. 3 . Went up to Heaven. 4. There litteth at the Right Hand of God, making IntercciTion for us. 5. Is able to fave us if we corne unto God by him, Htb. vii. 2$. II. That we have a fure Truft and Confidence on God's merciful Promifes in Christ for all Things neceflftry to mak* us happy y and that are good for us. Vol I K * J h n 1 7 o Thejaurus Theologian. i John iii. 23. And this is his Commandment, That we Jbould believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Chrifl* HERE we fee the Son of God called by Two Names, Jf.sus and Christ ; the firft being the Name of his Perfon, the fecond of his Office. I. As to the Firft Jestjs. 1. Who gave him that Name ? The Angel Gabriel before he was born or conceived, Luke i. 26, 31. Chap. ii. 21. 2. Why was the Son of God called by this Name? Eecaufe he was to fave us. The fame Name that was given Jojtma by Mc- fes, Numb. xiii. 16. JJtDliT, which was af- wards contracted into piu)% as i Chron. xxiv. ii. and thence in Greek, 'Ih. n. 10, 11. U He was called Christ. This great Thing ' we muft believe. For thefe Things are writ- ten that you might believe that J esus is the Christ, Johnxx. Jl. For the opening of this j Confider, 1. God from the Beginning promifed Man- kind a Saviour, or Jesus, Gen. \u. if. 2. This Promife was often renewed to the Fa- thers, and the coming of our Saviour foretold by the Prophets. 3. He was ordinarily called the Meffiab, TOO, Dan. ix. 2f, 26. 4. AfcJ/w/j in H^r^, is the fame with Ch r i s t in Greek, John i. 41. Chap. iv. 2?. Thefe Things considered, we (hall prove, 1. That J es u s is the C i-i R 1 s t or Meffiab. 2. Shew, wherefore he was called by that Name. 1 . That J e s u s is the C h r 1 s t, appears, in that all the Prophecies concerning the Meffiab was foretold in him. 1. His Birth. 1. The Time, Gen. xliw 10. Ah!. iii. 1. muon "fro *nn »w% 1L: &- ii. 6, 9. £<*«• ix. 26. 2. The Place, Ma v.*2. Matt. u. 6. JL«^€ ii. 4. ;. The Family ; of David, Ifa. xi. 10. Aftfff. xxii. 42. Lw£e ii- 4. 4. The Manner ; of a Virgin, Ifai. vii. 14. Matt. i. 22. 2. His Life and Adtions. Full of Mira- cles, Matt. xi. 2, 5, 4, f. K 2 3- HlS >*-Li 9 z Tbefauruf Tbeologicus. 3. His Death and Paffions. He was defpifed, if a. liii. 3. Sold, Zeeh. xi. 12. Mat. xxvi. 15*. Wound- ed, pierced, P/^/. xxii. 16. Parted his Garments, VfaL xxii. 18. John xix- 24. L#£e xxiv. 26 y 27* 4. His Refurrection and Afeenfion, Hof. vi. 2. Pfal, ex. i. y4#j ii. 34, 36. 5. His Reception in the World, Tfalm ii. 8. Tfalm lxxii. 11. Co/, i. 2;. 2. Wherefore is he called Mejfiah 3 Christ ? Becaufe he was anointed, 1. To be a Prophet, 1 Reg. xix. 16. Ifa. Ixi. 1. John iii, 2. 2. To be a Prieft, Exod. xl. 15. Heb. vii. 17. £p&. v. 2. 3. A King, 1 Reg. xix. 16. Pp/w ii, 6. JjGr. ix. 6. v4#j v. 51. Epb. i. 20, 2i„ ^7* x. 38. Use. 1. Firmly believe this great Truth that Jesus is the Christ, Acts xvii. 2, 3. Acls xviij. 5,28. 1 7^ w v - *• Cta^ ii. 22. 2. Receive him, • 1. As your Prophet, obferving what he hath faid, believing what he aflerts, truft- ing on what he hath promifed. 2. As your Prieft, to make Attonement for you, Rom. viii. 33, 34. 3. As your King, to rule and govern you, and to fubdue Sin and Satan, and all your Spiritual Enemies under you, 1 Job. iii. 8. 3. Live up to the Profeflion of this Faith, Ails xi. 26. 2 Tim. ii. 19, L U K E Tbefauruf Theologian. i j 3 Luke i. 35. The Holy GboU /ball come upon tbee 9 and the Power of the Highest jhall ovcrfliadorv tbee. H ERE we have the Incarnation of the Son of God defcribed, by, I. Its efficient Giufe : The Holy Ghost fhall corns upon thee. II. The Subject : Upon Thee the Virgin Mary. Ill The Refult : The Union of the Two Natures in one Peribn. Therefore that Holy Thing, &c. 1. The efficient Caufe: The Holy Ghost. Where in our Creed it is (aid, He Ivas con-* celled by the Hdy Gbofl ; that is, lie did caufc the Virgin to Conceive, Lukei. 31. 1. As to his Conception by the Holy Ghost, I fhall only obferve, That i. As it is a great Myftery, it is here myfterioufly exprefied, rn^'u* lyw ui? M«ei«t x} ajict x} rni/jwyAvn a'aa' bk Use. 1. Hence fee the Condefcenfion of the Son of G o d in being born of a Woman, and yet poor, Lev. xii. 8. Luke ii. 24. 2. Learn of him to be meek and lowly, Matt. xi. 29. 3. The Tbcfaurus Tbcologicus. i 3 5 3. TheRefuIt of this, the Union of the Di- vine and Humane Nature. For, 1. That he is God we have provd already. 2. That he became truly Man, is plain from his being born of a Woman, Utb. ii.14,16. 1. He had a real Body, 'John i. 14. Luke xxiv. 59. I John iv. 3. Simon Magus, Saturnus, IfiJorus Secund.'ts, Marcofcmi, Ihracltonita, Ophite, Ccrdon, Marcion. &c. were aox,»tbu » $&vniY.yJcvaji iiv "&"<&- Theodoret. t. His Soul and 1-ody were united toger ther, Luke xxiii. 46. 5. His Humane and Divine Nature were both united in one Perlbn. qMsuw Hence, 'o h'oy®- 5 phv®- «>?'»> ©i3« 7i g iV9 f «T®-. , Clem. Alex. So char, 1. His Natures were not mixed or con- founded together, for then he would have been neither. z. Nor changed one into the other, as the Eutychiam thought the Humane was turn- ed into Divine ; but imy^-mu dr^-rut «A« P iiw *&&** Concil. Chalced. Luke xxii. 42. Matt. i. 23. So that he was perfed God, and perfect Man, in cne and the lame Pcrfon. The Humane Nature had no Subliftance out of the Divine Perfon. Hence flowed the Value and Efficacy of his Actions, A8s xx. 28 . K 4 Us3 126 Thesaurus Theologicm. Use. i. Hence fee what Caufe you haye tp truft to Christ for your Salvation, he being God-Man, is able to reconcile God to you, and you to God. j. On <3od's Part, Hek v. i. i. By fatisfyingfory our Sins, Hekiuiol i Tim. ii. 6. o££ x) Heb. ii. 1 7. Ei* 70 Ik&aYJi&tu tu.<; i^^riafy I John ii. 2. Chap. iv. 10. tK&rpit. 3. Our Sins were laid upon him, If at. liii. 4> U 6. He was made Sin for us, 2 Cor. ix. 21. And a Curfe for us, Gal. iii. 13. 4. He had no Sin of his own to fuffer for, and therefore he could not have fuffered but for our Sins. And he being God as well as Man, his Sufferings could not but be of infinite Value and Merit for us. Use. 1. Hence fee how odious and offenfive Sin is to G o D. 2. When we read or hear of Christ's Suf- ferings, how mould we be affe&ed with it, confidering that they were all for our Sakes, and Sins. 3. How much more when we fee him cruci- fied before our Eyes in the Bleffed Sacra- ment ? III. What did our Lord fuffer for us ? 1. The Tbefaurui Theologian. 159 1. The firft kind of Sufferings he underwent, were in his Temptations fbon after his Baptifm : Of which note, Matt. iv. 1. 1. He was led by the Spirit, Luke iv. r. that which even now defcended upon him. 2. Into the Wildernefs, a Place remote from Men, and filled only with Beads. 1. To fulfil the Type of the Scape-Goat, Lev. xvi. 20, 21, 22. 2. To give the Devil all the Advantage he could defire in his Temptations, Matt. iv. 2. 2. There he faded Forty Days and Forty Nights : So M 1 Reg. xix. 8. Our Saviour fafted this Time, i. To fhew the Harmony between Law and Gofpel. 2. To teach us how to fit ourfelves for the great Work of the Miniftry. Acts xiii. 2. Hence our Emb.r- Weeks. This gave the Occafion of the Churches obferving Lent every Year, which (he always did- and therefore it is no piece of Popery. . 4. After thefe Forty Days he was an hun- gry, to fhew he was truly Man. f . The Devil obferving this, thinks he had got the Advantage over him, and there- fore fets upon him, not doubting of con- quering, having overcome the hzftAdam in Varadife itfelf. And fo firft tempts him to prove himfelf to be God, by turning Stones into Bread, Matt, iv. 3. Luke iv. 41. 2. All 140 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 2. AH his Life afterwards he was fubjed to the Infirmities of the humane Nature : He was weary, John iv. 6. He was reviled, Matt. xii. 24. Stoned, John viii. 5-9. Chap. x. 31, 52. •;. His greateft Suffering began in the Garden of Gethfemane. Where behold him, 1. Exceeding Sorrowful, Matt.xxvi. ;7,";8. 2. So great were the Apprehenfions of what he was to undergo, that he pray'd againft it, ver. 39. Whatfoever God had prepared for him, he ftill cries out, Thy Witt be done. His own Difciples Traytors. Soldiers to apprehend him. Falfe Witnefles to accufe him, Judges to arraign him. Thorns to crown him. A Rabble to abufe him. A Crofs to crucifie him. Still, Thy Witt be done. 3. Behold him in his Agony ! Luke xxii. 44^ Luke Thefaurus Theohgicus. i 4 1 Luke xxih. 33. And when they were come to the Place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him. N OW was the Power of Darknefs let foofe upon our Lord, Luke xxii. j;. Gen. iii. 1 J. I He was betrayed by one of his own Difci- ples, P/kxli.9. Joh.xin. 18. PfalAv. 12, 13. and that with a Kifs too, Matt. xxvi. 49. II. Apprehended. Where obferve, • 1. They came upon him with Swords and Staves, as if he had been a Thief, Matt. xpL 2. He confeflbd himfelf the Perfon they fought for, John xviii. j. which daunted them fo, that they fell to the Ground, John xviii. 6. 3. HisDilciples making fome little Refiftance, and Peter cutting off MaUbm% Ear, John xviii. 10. Jesus cured it, Lake xxii. j r . 4. Then they bound him, John xviii. 1 2. a!- tho' he could have had Twelve Legions ci Angels to affift him, Matt. xxvi. j 3. III. Arraigned. Where obferve, . When they had firft carried him to Annas to take his Counfel, John xviii. 13. Then they led him to Caiphas the High-Prieft, Matt. xxvi. J7. where the Ssnhthlm or Council was then held. Hers 1 142 Thefaurut Tbeologicw. Here they fought falfe Witnefs againft him, Matt. xxvi. ^9. Here they queftioned him in many Things, but he aniwered nothing, Matt, xxvi. 6o, 61, 62. according to If a. liii. 7. Here they fmite and abufe him, Matt. xxvi. 67. Here Teter denied him thrice, Matt. xxvi. 72 > 7 *' r r Here they accufe him or Blafphemy, Matt, xxvi. 65-. Here they took Counfel to kill him, Chap. xxvii. 1. Here Judas recanted, and hanged himfelf, Chap, xxvii. j. 2. From Caiphas they led him to "Pilate, Chap. xxvii. 2. Luke xxiii. 1, 2, 3, 4. 5. From Tilate to Herod, Luke xxiii. 6, 7, 8. where he was abufed, v. 11. 4. From He>W to Pj/afe again, Lk£c xxiii. 11. who excufeth him, Luke xxiii. 14, 15-. jfe,&» xix. 4. and would have releafed him, Luke xxiii. 16. but they rather chofe Barabbas, -v. 18. and cried, Crucify him, ■?• 21. His Wife fent to him, Matt, xxvii. 19. and iWirrf. xxvii. 24. But they accufe him of Treafon, John xix. 12. Hence Tilate con- demns him, John xix. 16. IV- Being condemned, they carried him to ba crucified. 1. They crown him with Thorns, Matt, xxvii. 29. Gen. iii. 18. And abufe him, Matt, xxvii. 50, 31. 2. They laid his Crofsupon him, John xix. 17. Gen. xxii. 6. But left he mould be weary, and fo not fo fenlible of Pain, they com- pel Thef auras Tbeologicus. 14? pel Simon, a Cjrenean> to do it, Luke xxiii. 26. 5. As he went along, the Women bewailed him, Luke xxiii. 27. 4. When they were come to Mount C I they crucifie him. 1. They fattened the Crofsin the Ground. The Crofs was an erect Piece of Wood, at the uper End whereof there was a tranf- verfe Beam, and in the middle another Piece ftanding out 5 \

t) ^ Tfireuov n to iTAcnv 'ijbi^iv apSttfov. Athan. He lay Three Days, that we might believe he was dead ; he rofe the Third Day, that we might believe he lives. V. What Inferences may we draw from this Ar- ticle ? 1. Do&rinal. 1. That C h r 1 s t is the Son of G o d, Rom. i. 4. Vfal. ii. 7. ABs xiii. 33. 2 . That he died not for his own Sins, but ours, ABs ii. 24. 2 Cor. V. 21. E} $ jTk &ijul$tv>K'j{ 7rfi>s dv\.sv\ '■> ei <$ «&?£?» '£uc/Vxep 077 d(XUp7O>K0( XX, YIV' E/ /£ dy-CLfTWhOS xk «C» •OTJf i$a.Vpto$H j J5 STEpKf. Ef e/^ J5 27l'p»J 'TTBti'Ta? avlsu* Chryfoft. 3. That by his Death he hath fatisfied God's Juftice, and fo is able to juftify us before his Father. If he had not paid our Debt, he would not have been releafed; but God fent an Officer to open the Prifon Doors and releafe him, 1 Cor. xv. 17. Rom. iv. 24, 2 j. Chaf. viii. 33, 34. 4. We may furely hope and truft in him for our Salvation, 1 Yet. i. 3. Heb. vii. 25-. 5". That we fnall rife again, 1 Cor. xv. 12, 1 21, 22. Rom. viii. 11. OuA'/7w y6 vJ&s \$iv zynyLfutvQ; « fjuvt 077 ^ japans dv&ssLsrus, >y yiiahs tiyitZm^iV' Chryfoft. 'Exeivx $> ccVisavr©-, x) »//«* \h.7n^ofjuiV dvctStim^K* Theodoret. 6. He will come to Judgment, AB. xvii. 31. 1 T&e/^ i. 10. 2 Cor. V. 10. 7. We rofe with him, as Members with their He?d, Col. ii. 12, 20. Efh. ii, 5, 6. 2. Practical 1. Me- Tbefaurus Theologicus. i 5 1 1. Meditate upon his Refurrcetion, 2 Tim. ii. 8. This is the. End of our keeping this Day, and every Sunday. 2. Believe in him for Pardon and Salvation, Rom. v. 10. 3. Fear him, Mjtt. xxi. 42, 44. Tfal. ii. 9. £/>/&. i. 20, 21. Pif/, ii. 9^ 10. 4. Rife to Newncfs of Life, Ro;n. vi. 4. £06. v. 14. \\ev. xx. 6. 5-. Seek thofc Things that are above, Co/.iilr. I Pet, iii. 22. JF/w /V £0tf£ into Heaven^ and is on the Right-band of GOD. J. rip H AT the Mejfiab was to afcend into l_. Heaven, was, 1. Forefhcwed in Types, ExoJ. XXX. 10. Lev. xvi. 2. Wi/'. ix. 7, ii, 12, 24. 2. Foretold in Prophecy, Pfal. lxviii. 18. £^„ iv. 3. nm*: 1 ? it 1 ?;; 7«rg-. yprh x^o Jl. That our bleiTed Saviour did afcend thither is plain, from the Tcllimony, I. Of the Apolfles, in whole Prcfence he a- fcended, Mr. xvi 19. Luk. xxiv. jo, ji. y4ff T i. 9. None law him rife, becaufo chcy were to fue him afterwards ; but they fiw him a- i'cend, becaufe they were not to fee him u-« gain till the laft Day. K&i pf 'f avacziTcUf t$ fxlv ts'a©" ric/ip, top j «f^u? 7*'a@ iyJijj. Chryfcft. L 4 2. ( . i 5 1 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 2. Of Angels who was fentto allure them he was got to Heaven 3 Aits i. 10, n. "077 Q us t Ztyvov dva.\&tifi&vi\cu dtfjoi hoimv i/lf- Jknov ol a-fycKoi' Chryfoft. 3. Of. Christ himfelf, Job. xx. 17. There- fore when he faith that the Son of Man was in Heaven before, Job. iii. 15. that is meant only of the Affumption of the humane Na- ture to the divine Perfon, whereby it might be faid to be in Heaven becaufe the divine Perfon was there. JII. Concerning the Afcenfion, we may obferve the Time, Place, and Ends. 1. The Time : Forty Days after his Refur- re&ion, Aits i. 3. which Time he continu- ed upon Earth, 1. To convince his Difciples of the Truth of his Refurre&ion, by his frequent ap- pearing to them, and converfing with them , Luk. xxiv. 30, ; 9, 41, 42. Ait. x. 41. 2. To manifeft the great Glory his Body was now endowed with, Job. xx. 26. Luke xxiv. 31. Pbil. iii. 21. a. To inform their Judgments, Aits i. 3 . Lufa xxiv. 29. 4. To ordain his Apoftles, John xx. 21, 22. c. To give them their Commiffion, Matt. xxviii. 19, 20. Mark xvi. ic. 2. The Place. He afcended into Heaven. 1. He left this World, John xvi. 28. 2. He went to fome other determinate Place, John xiv. 3. 3. This Place was upwards, above this World, Jits i 9. 4. This fuperior Place whither our Saviour went, was Heaven, Mark xvi. 19. Luke xxiv. ci. Heb. jx. 24. J. The ->• Thefaurus Tbeologicus. i 5 j y. The Heaven whither our Saviour went, is the Heaven of Heavens. He paffed through the lower Heavens, //sahXu.^V* 7Ja> lejzvvf, Htb. iv. 14. Epb. iv. xo, Htb, vii. 26. 2 Cor. xii. 2. Wherefore did he afcend thither ? 1. To feal and confirm the Redemption he had purchafed for us; astheHighPricft, when he had offered Sacrifices with the J31ood, he entered into the Holy Place, Lev. xvi. 14. Heb. ix. 12. 2. To fend down the Spirit upon his Apo- ftles, and all Believers, John xvi. 7. Luke xxiv. 49. Atts i. 8. Chap. xxi. Epb. iv. 8. 3. To prepare a Place for us, John xiv 2. Use. This fliould teach us, 1. To believe firmly on our bleffed Saviour, as the Christ in whom all the Types and Proprieties were fulfilled, John xx. 29. 2. To truft ftedfaftly on him for his bringing us to Heaven, Heb. vi. 19, 20. John xiv. 2, 3. ;. To follow our bleffed Saviour into Heaven with our Hearts and Affe&ions, Phil. iu\ 20. 2 Reg. ii. 2, 11, 12. 1 p*t; i 54 Thefaurus Theologicw. 1 Pet. iii. 22. And is on the Right-hand of GOD. I. ^Tp H E MeJJlab was to fit at the Right-hand X of G o d. This was forefhewed, 1. In Type, Gen. xli. 40, 41, 42. 2, In Prophecy, Vfal. ex. 1. Afoff. xxii. 44. 1 Atlsn. 34,3?, 36. II. It is plain, that our Saviour did and doth fo, .Markxvi. 19. Row, viii. 34. To underftand this we muft confider, 1 . What are we to understand by the Right- hand of God? 1. Negatively. Not as if God had pro- perly any Hands. 2. Pofitively. It denotes, 1 . His Power : For the Hand is that Mem- ber whereby we Work, Matt. xxvi. 64. 2. The Right-hand denotes Honour and Glory, i Reg.ii. 19. Heb. i. 3. C^.viii.i. Terfeclo Opcrs ad Ccelos VlBor adveniens, audit a\ Deo Vatre,fede ad dextram meam. Max. Taur. 3. It fignifies Happinefs and eternal Feli- city, Vfal. xvi. n. J>)uid eB Vatris Dextera, niji ilia atema s ineffa- bilifque Felicitas quo pervenit Films Hominis > etic.m Carnis Immortalitate percept a. Aug. How are we to apprehend C h r i s t as now rhe Ripht-hand of God? ' r i -netimes faid in general only to n. iii. 22. Rom, viii. 34.. p Some- Tbefaum Theologian. i 5 5 2. Sometimes to (land there, ABs vii. j6. ' Sft/er* judicavtu cH, flare vero Tugnantis & Adjwvantts. Greg. M. ». Moft commonly to fie there ; which fig- nitics not any bodily Pofture, but, 1. His Dwelling, in Heaven, 3U^ Scdere inielliglte hr.bltarc. Aug. 2. His Quiet and Freedom from all Di- fturbance. 3 . His Dominion and Sovereignty, ?fal. CX. 1. 1 Cor. xv. 2f. Jpfum Verbttm federe Regnl Jignifcat Vote} a* tent. Hieron. 4. His Power of judging, Vrov. xx. 8. 3. What is he now doing there ? 1. He exercifeth his Prieftly Office, by ma- king Interceftion for us, Heb. vii. 24. 1. Christ's Prieftly Office began upon Earth, when he offered up himfelf as a Sacrifice for us, Heb.x. 12. Cbap.ix.i6, Eph. v. 2. 1 Tim. ii. 6. Mntt. xx. 28 2. As the High-Prieft was to go once a Year into the Holy of Holies to make Atonement for the People, Liv. xvi. So Christ, when he had otter d up himfelf, went into Heaven, as it was with his own Blood, Heb. ix. 12, 24. 1. To make Atonement and Inter- cefiion to G d for the Pardon of our Sins, by venue of his Blood, 1 John ii. 1, 2. Rom. iv. 25". 2. To fend down his Spirit upon us to cleanfc us from all Sin, John xvi. 7. Heb. ix. 13,14. and to lead us into all Truth, John xvi. 13. 2. To i $6 Tbefaurus Theologicus. 3. To take Care that all neceffary Means of Salvation be afforded to thofe who believe, and to make them effe&ual, Epb. iv. 8, n, 12. 4. To offer up our Prayers to God with the Ineenfe of his own Merits, Rev. viii. 3, 4. Lev. xvi. 12, 13. Use. y. This mould encourage us to pray, Heb. x, 1 9, 20, 22. C&*/>. iv. 14, l6. z. This mould teach us, in all our Prayers, to a 12. Death, Rom. v. 17, '14. i. He Thef aunts Tbeologicw. i 5 9 1. He conquers the Devil, Heb. ii. 14. 1 John iii. 8. 2 Tim. ii. 26. 2. Sin, &>w. vi. 14. Atts v. ;r. Vhil'vi.i^i 3. Death is alfo conquered by him, Hof xiii. 14. I Cor. xv. ^4, f j, y6. '9. He hath his AmbaiTadors alfo, 2 O. v. 20, Use. In his Name therefore I befeech you, 1. To Honour and Reverence him as exalted above all other Monarchs in the World, John V. 23. Fhil. ii. 9, 10. 2. Submit unto him, and obey his Laws, Vfal. ii. 9. Luke xix. 27. 3. Truft to him for his Pardon, ABs v. 31. and Protection of you, and his bringing you to himfelf in Heaven, Revel, iii. 21 . Rev. vii. 12. Matt. if>o Tbejaurw Tbeologicw. Matt. xxv. jiJ When th'e Son of Man fliall come m his Glory, I. ^IHRIST fhall come* again from Heaven Vj to Earth. He is now in 'Heaven, and will be to the End of the World, Acls iii. 21. v - But that he will one Day come from thence again, is attefted, t. By the Apoftles, i Thefil iv. 16. z Tloejf. i. 7. Heb. ix. 28. 2. By the Holy Angels, ABs 1. 10, 11. 3. By Christ him felf, John xiv.2 } %. MatU xxvi. 64. Cbap. xxv. 31. II. His Coming mall be with great Glory* The Archangels fhall be his Heralds, 1 The/ft iv. 16. AH the Holy Angels fhall attend him, Math xxv. 51. 2 Thejf. i. 7. Mark viii. ;8. This was long ago foretold by Enoch s Judges xiv. 15-. Dan. vii. 13, 14. So he is often (aid to come in the Clouds^ Matt. xxvi. 64. Rev. i. 7. The Clouds of Heaven, they are the Angels of the Hod of Heaven. R. Gaon* III, Being Tbejaurus Theologian. i#i III. Being chus come with his Angels, he fhall fit upon a Throne, that is, a Judgment Seat, Matt. xix. 28. To open this, 1. There will be a Judgment. i. Private, Heb. ix. 27. Eccl. xii. j. NJTd iD)'ph Targ. LukeXVi. 22, 23. 2. General. Of which, 1. That there is fuch a Judgment to come appears, 1. From theTeftimonyof Confcience, Atts XXiv. if. Rom.il if. 2. From theJufticeofGoD,Gf».xviii.2j-. 3. From the Vifions of it, ZX;«. vil. 10. tlev. xx. 12. 4. From his exprefs AfTertion of it, Eccl. xii. 14. Rom. ii. y. E«7. xi. 9, 10. 2. Who will then be Judge ? Christ, John v 22, 27. Row. xiv. 10. i Cor. v. io. ^tf.r.viL 31. Cfjjp.x. 42. 1. Becaufe it is but Reafon, that fie that was judged of Men, fhould afterwards judge them, Matt. xxvi. 64. Phil. ii. 9,10, 11. 2. That fo we may fee our Judge, John v. 27. fob xix. 25*, 26, 27. 2. Who (hall then be judged ? All Nations and People wliatfoever, Mat. xxv. 52. 2Ccr. v. 10. 1. Ail that are Dead fhall be raifed again eg Life, i Cor. xv. j 2. Rev. xx. 12, 13. 2. Thofe that are then alive fhall be fu in - moncd too, 1 Cor. xv. y 1. 1 2Tk# iv. 17. IV. What Law will he Judge by ? The Law of God, Jac. ii. 12. and by the Law of Na- ture, Rom. ii. 14. By which he will Judge, 1. The Thoughts, 1 Cor. r-'. j\ 2 TV. ii. r. M 7. 1 I ' " — ^ — 1 52 Thejaurm Theologicw. ~~—~~ ~~ — — — ] - 2. The Words, Matt. xii. ;6. 3. The Adions of every Man, 2 Cor, v. 10.' Ecclef. xii. 14. To this End, the Books fhall be opened, Revel. XX. 12. 1. The Book of Gods Word. 2. Of his Omnifcience, Mai. iii. 16. 3. Of Mens Confciences, Jer. xvii. 1. V. What will be the Iffue of this Judgment ? Abfolution to the Juft. Condemnation to the Wicked. Use. 1. Make a Virtue of that now, which then you will be forced to do, even honour 'and revere him, John v. 22, 23. 2. Get him to be your Friend beforehand. 5. Live as you will then wifh you had done,' 2 Pet. iii. 10, 11. ?ta.ii. 12. Matt, XXV. 44* Luke xxi. 54. GhU Thefaurus Theologicus. i6j Gal. iv. 6. And because ye are Sons, GOD hath fent the Spirit of his Son into your Hearts, crying, Abba Father. /'VBferve here, I. Irr General. All the Three Perfons of the God- head are here mentioned together, as often clfe where, Matt. iii. 16, 17. Matt, xxviii. 19. 2. Cor. xiii. 14. 1 John v. 7. II. In Particular. Concerning the Holy Ghoft, obferve, 1. He is here reckoned among the Perfons of the Sacred Trinity, Afts v. 3, 4. 1 Cor. xii. 6, 11. If at. vi. 8, 9. cum Atti xxviii. 2j, 26. Matt. xii. 31, 32. 2. As Ch r 1 s t is here called the Son of G d ; fo the Holy Ghoft is here called the Spirit of Christ, proceeding from the Son as well as from the Father, John xvi. 15-. 3. As the Father fent the Son, Gal. iv. 4. fo he fent the Spirit of his Son too, verfe 6, i£*ms-H*€, in both Places, Job. xiv. 26. C6*f« xv. 26. 4. God fends his Spirit only to thofe who are his Sons by Adoption, ver. v. 077 JV \& &'• That ye are Sons, appears from hence, be- caufe you have the Spirit; or, becaufe ye are Sons, therefore, &c. we partake of the Spirit only by Vertue of our Union to Christ. Which Union is made by Faith, John i. 12. M z There- 1^4 Tbefauruf Theologicus. *■- — ■ __ Therefore none elfe are capable of it, John xiv. 17. 5. It is the Heart of Believers into whith the Spirit is fent, and wherein Christ and it dwell, Efb. iii. 17. For the Heart is the Fountain of Life, Vrov. iv. 23. And the Seat of all true Grace. Hence whatfoever a Man doth, now well foever he fpeaks, unlefs his Heart be right with God, he may be confident that he hath not the Spirit of Christ. 6. This Spirit thus fent by God into the Heart of Believers, cries, Abba Father , which is the laft and greateft Work he doth for us, and in us, and therefore fuppofeth all the reft. Now the great Things he doth are, 1. External. Which as Means he iifet^ 1. He hath revealed the Will of God, and neceffary Truths to us, 2 ?et< i. 21, Jehu xiv. 26. 2 Tim. iii. 16. 2. He conftituteth and appointeth Mini- sters in his Church to expound this, the Will of G o d, and apply it to Men, Efh. iv. 1 1, 12. 1 Cor, xii. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. ABs xx. 28. Chap. xiii. 2. 2\ Internal. By thefe Means, 1. He enlightens our Minds, rectifies our Judgments, and clears up our Appre- henfionsofthejTruths he hathreveal'd, ABs xVi. 14. ?Jal. cxix. 18. John vi. 65, 1 Cor. ii. 11, 12. John Xvi. 1%. 2. He convinceth us of Sin, and makes us truly fenfible of it, and Penitent for it, John xvi. 8, 9. ABs ii. $7. 3, He Tbefauritf Tbeologhux. i 6 5 3. He fan&ifiesand renews our Wills and Affections, and ib our whole Nature, Tit. iii. f, 2 Thejf. ii. 1 3. I Vet. i. 2. Job, iii. j. 1 Cor. vi. 11. 4. He guides, dirc&s and governs us in our Anions, Rom. viii. 1, 14, 26, 27. 1 Cor. xii. ;. 5". He allures us of our Adoption and Re- conciliation toGoD; whereby we are able to call him, Abba Father, Rom.v'm. i<;, 16. by which Means he is an ear- nest of our future Glory, Epb. i. 1 3, j^ 9 Use. j. Hence we fhould learn to adore all the Per- fons of the Sacred Trinity, as all concur* ing in our Redemption^ 2 Cor. xiii. 14. If a, vi. 3. Revel, iv 8. 2, Pray earneftly for the Spirit, otherwife ye are none of Christ's, Row. viii. 9. nof can do any good Thing, John xv. v. And we have a Promife for it, Luke xi. ij, . — M3 Act, 1 55 Tbefaurus Theologicm. Acts ii. 47.- r i4«^ jfe Z,0r^ ^dfedJ to the Church daily fuch as fhould be Javed. I-T^irHAT is meant by the Church? The V V Englijh is from the Greek, Kvei&M : But the Word here in the Greek is 'E**m^ fre- quently ufed in the New Teftament. 1. Sometimes for the Place where the Difciples met to worfhip God, i Cor, xi. 22. *H * Sicut Ecclejia dicitur locus quo Ecclejla congrega- tur. Aug. Hanc tamen vocari etiam ipfam T>omum Oratio- num> tefiis efi idem Apofiolus dicens nunquid domos non habetis, &c. Id. So St. Bafil, Chryfoftoniy Jerom, &c. expound it. Conveniunt in Ecclejid. Tertull. 2. Sometimes for the Affembly met together to worfhip God. Any particular Congrega- tion of Saints, Col. iv. 1 j. Rom. xvi. 5,5-. 1 Cor. xvi. 19. If the Apoftle had meant on- ly their private Family, he would have ex- prefs'd it fo, as Rom. xvi. 10, 11,14,1 5". 2 Tim. iv* 19. He means therefore the Congregate on that ufually met in fome Part of their Houfe confecrated to the Service of G o d. 3. Tho' there were many fuch particular Churches there, yet the Scripture often calls the whole Body of Saints in any City or Country, a Church, as the Church of Hie- rufalem, Aft. viii. I. Jntioch, Chap. xiii. I. Cafarea, C^.xviii. Z2,,Thejfalonians } 2.Thej[.'i. i. 4. For Thefaurus Tbeologicus. \6-j 4. For the Govcrnours and Rulers of the Church in any City or Nation, Mat. xviii. 1 7, See what follows, Mat.xvm.iS. Jobnxx.n^ 5. For the Body collective of all Chriftians in the World, whereof C h r i s t is Head, Col, i. 18. Eph. i. 22, 22. Chap. v. 23, 25-. Thus Christ himfelf uieth the Word, Mat, xvi, 18. And thus it is underftood in the Creed, and in the Text. II. What are the Properties of this Chutch. J. It is One, 'E/< ha, tg.Q0x.1x.tw avnwUKhv- 1. As having one Head, and built upon one Foundation, 1 Cor. iii. 11. Eph. ii. 19, 2Q, 2. As agreeing in one Faith, Eph. iv. y. 3. Lead by one Spirit, Eph. iv. 5, 4. Hence we fhould all conform to the Do- dxine and Rites of the Church in ge- neral, 1 Cor. xi. 16. 2. The Church is Holy. 1. Negatively. 1. Not Co as that there were no unholy Perfons in it; for Christ compares it to A Floor, Wheat and Chaff, Matt. iii. 12. A Field, good Seed and Tares, Matx x xiii. 24, 2 j". A Cafting-Net, good and bad Fifhes, Matt, xiii, 47, 48. An Houfe, Veilels of Honour and Dis- honour, 2 Tim. ii. 20. 2. Not as if any were perfectly Holy iq this World, 1 John i. 8. 2. Pofitively Holy. Becaufe, j. It calls Men to Holinefs, 2 7/w. i. 9. 2. It engageth Men to Holinefsj 2 Tim\ ii, 19. M 4 V In, j 6% Thefaurus Tbeologicus. 2 . In it many are fincerely Holy, Tit . ii. 14. 4. It brings them to perfect Holinefs here- after, when the Church will be all Ho- ly, Epb. v. 26, 27. 3. Catholick or Universal ; as, 1. Spread over all Places and Ages, Matt, xxviii. 19. Mark xvi. 15-. Rev. v. 9. K&9sA/*w, affellatur quod per totum orbem dif- funditur, Aug. 2. It teacheth all neceffary Truths, 7. xviij. 11,13. 1 Tim, 1 . 1 5 . 1 Thes. 174 Thefauruf Tbeologicw. i Thes. v. 23; And the very GOD of Peace fanttijie you wholly. HE that is truly fan&ified, is fan&ified whol- ly in Spirit, Soul and Body. Sunt trio, ex quibus ferfeftus homo conftat, carniy animd & fpritu. Iren. I. In Spirit; the higheft Part, v*t, « fioivoic£ cvnm s Reafon, Underftanding ; which, in a true Saint, is fan&ified. 1. In refped of God : Having, 1. A right Judgment concerning him as one, Dettt. iv. 39. Glorious, Exod. xxxiv, 6. Eternal God, C^.iii. 14. And yet «* Three Perfons, 1 John v. 7. 2. Clear Apprehenfions of him. 1. His Infinitenefs, Deuh iv. 17, 16. 2 . His Greatnefs, Job xxxi.2 3 . c. xlii.y,^. 3. His Power, Sovereignty and Provi- dence over the World, Mat.x. 29, 30; 3. Conftant Meditations upon him, Pfal. x. 4. Tfal. cxxxix. 17, 18. Vrov. iii. 6. 2. In r,efpe 2 Cor. xiii. 14. for Christ being our Head, and we his Members, the Spirit is diffus'd fropi him to us, Gal. iv. 6. 2 F(t. i. 4. j f Communion with the Saints and Angelf above : all which make up but one Church with that below. Where Christ is Head and Governour. N 4 They I 8 4 Tbefaurus Theologicus. They pray in general for us, Apoc. vi. 10. Matt, xviii. io. Minifter to us, Heb. i. 14. They rejoice at our Good, Luke ii. 13, i£ Chap. xv. 7. Apoc. xviii. 20. And we, for our Parts, praife God for them,' that they are got to Heaven. But by no Means muft pray to them : For^ 1. They do not hear our Prayers, Ifaiah lxiii. j 6. 2. Nor can fulfil our Defires. 3. This is part of that Worfhip which is duo only to God, Rom. x. 14. 4. They have Communion with one another* 1. In the Exercifes of all Religious Duties^ praying for one another, Eph. vi. 18. 2. In all A&s of Love and Charity, John xiii. 35". Gal. vi. 10. Vide ut fe invicem, diUgunt. Tert. Use. j. Make it your main Bufinefs to get to be Saints, Matt. vi. 33. 2. Live as becometh Saints, 1 John i. 6, 7. * Then you will furely get to Heaven, Col. i. 12^ I jQHSi Thefaurus Theologkus. i ?> ? i John iii. 4, Sin is the Tranfgreffion of the Law. /Vr/?,TX7HAT Law? I. The Law of Nature, the Didates of right Reafon, Rom. i. 32. This Law appears, 1. From the Laws of Heathens, and all Na- tions, Rom. ii. 14. ES»»up Qih v'oftov Zv 7» Chryf. 2. By their own Confciences, Rom. ii. iy. Ef Aw te ag/Y w/e lex intima in ipfo corde con- fcripta. Aug. II. The Municipal or Civil Laws of all Coun ; tries, Rom. xiii. i. Ttt. iii. i. i p et . ft, x , Thefe we are bound in Confcience to ob- ierve, fo long as they are not repugnant to the Law oTGod, Rom. xiii. c. And every tranfgreffion of fuch Laws is Sin. III. The Divine Laws inftituted by G d him- ielf • which are, 1. Ceremonial ; Concerning the Sacra- ments Sacrifices, Holy Times and Places, and other outward Obfervances of Priefts and People among the Jews. This 1 86 Tbefaurw Theologicw. This is now abrogated, ABs xv, 28. C0/.U.16, Heb. vii. 12. Chap. ix. IQ. 2. Judicial: Concerning Magistrates, Con* tra&s, Diftributions of Inheritances, Witnefs* Punimments of Blafphemy, Perjury, &c. Thefe were made only for the Jews, and therefore cannot oblige other Nations. And the Apoftle commands all Chriftians to obferve the Laws of their own Nati- ons, tho' different .from the Jewifh, 1 Vet. ii. 13. 5. The Moral Law : contained in the Deca^ logue, Deut. iv. 15. This Law is ftill in force : 1. It is no where repealed in Scripture^ and therefore muft needs be in force, it having been once eftabUlhed. 2. It was confirm'd by Christ himfelf, Matt. v. 17. Chap. xix. 17, 18. Row.iii.;i. 5. It was enjoin'd before Christ was promifed, Matt. xix. 8. It was indeed the eternal Will and Pica* furepfGoD. Use. Obey this Law. Confidef, 1. It is juft and holy in itfelf, Vfal. xix. 7, 8. 2. It is gpod and profitable for you, being fuited to your Temper and Conftitution, Rom. vii. 12. 3. You will be judged by it, Jac. ii. 12.' 4. Every tranfgreflion of this Law is Sin, $econdfy> Thefaurut Tbeologicw. 187 Secondly, What is it to tranfgrcfs the Law ? 'Avapiuvuv, and Nitfri, A via & (copo aberrare ; to mifs the Law, the Mark we aim at, by go- ing beyond it, or coming lhort of it, Niorp nVi Judges xx. 16. The Law may be tranfgrcfled, 1. As to the Matter ; when we do the Thing that is exprefly forbidden, or do not the Thing that is exprefly commanded in it, 1 Sam. xv. 24. 2. As to the Manner of Performance. 1. The Principle, which moves us to any Adion, 1 Tim. i. y. 2 Cor. I 12. 2. The Circumftances, 2 Sam. vi. 6. Numb. xx. 8, ir. ;. The End, Matt. vi. 1. j Cor. x. 51. Thirdly, What Difference is there in Sins and Tranfgreffions of God's Law ? There is, j. Original Sins: The Sin of our Firft Parents, Gen. ii. 17. Cta/>. Hi. 6. This Sin we are all, 1. Guilty of : For being all in his Loins, we finned alfo in him, Heb. vii. 9, 10. Hence Jie was called cnN, Adam, Man in general. Adam & Eva natura humani generis erant, tjuare in illis urns omnes eramus. Aug. Hence all Men finned in him, Rom. v. 12, 18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. 22. 2. Defiled with Sin : So as that we are all by Nature prone to Sin, Pfal. li. y. Eph. ii. 3. John iii. 6. Fuerunt ejr ante Chrijlum viri injignes Tropheta & Sacerdotes, fed in feccatis concept; & 7iati, nee original'; nee ferfonali caruere peccato. Cyprian. Mft 1 88 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. I Mw Jlv&SmL AvB^amv t&Sa&v ivptlSiveu arm puT*, ^u»> e^ptf* » dvo(Aa> 2. Offendeth God, 3. Defiles the Soul. 4, De- Thefanrus Tbeologicus. i 89 a. Defer veth Hell. 7. Will be called in queftion at the laft Day, Eccl. xii. 14. Other Sins are great and crying Sins, Gen* iv. io. Jac. v. 4. Such as are committed, It Immediately againft God himfelf, 1 3am. ii. 2 j. ?f«l. Li. 4. 2. Againft the Spirit of God, Mat.xW. 31, I 1 - 3. Againft Light and Knowledge, Joh. 111. 19. Luke xxii. 47. 4. Sins againft Solemn Vows and Promifes, fuch as are made in Baptifm, Heb. vi. 4, 6. i. Wilful, prefumptuous and deliberate Sins, Heh.x. 26. 1 John v. 16. Sins unto Death, fuch as Men continue in. 6. Againft Mercies and Judgments, Matt. xi. 21, 22. Fourthly, What are the Effete and Confequences of Sin? Very fad and difmal. We may fee them, 1. In the Names and Titles which are given to it in Scripture. 1. Shame, Phil. hi. 19. Ezek.\\m.io. Ezra ix. 6. 2. Folly, P/i/. lxxxv. 8. ^Jfe. vii. 1 j. rtm 9 Vfal xciv. 8. 3. Filthinefs and Abomination, Rev. xvii. 4. E&r* ix. n. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Jac. i. 21. Afor. XV. 20. Jfa. i. 5, 6. 4. Slavery, Row. viii. 21. Chap. vi. 20. 5. Death, 190 Tbefduriis Tbeobgicus. x j. Death, Rom; viii. 6, C64.vii.24. Eph. ii. r« : r/ A(/7W ddv R/>. iv. 50. 2. Againft frequent Reproofs, Jcr.xxix. 18, j 9. P?w. xxix. i, 5. Againft Light, John in. 19, 4. Againft Vows and Refolutions, Pfal. lxvi, 13, 14. £a:/e/; v. 4. Secondly, In Contrition for Sin, Pfal Li. 17. J\/. lvii. 1 j-. Chap. lxvi. 2, 2 Cor. vii. 9, 10. Which Sorrow or Contrition mould be, 1. Hearty, Joel'ii. 13. Pfal. Li. 17. 2. Sincere, or upon right Grounds ; becaufe, ofFenfive to G o n, Luke xv. 21 . 3. Univerfal, Pfl. xix. 12. 4. Exceeding all other Sorrow, Zecb.xW. 10,12. 5. Accompanied with Shame and Confufian, of Face, Ez*ek. 36. 31, 32. Thirdly Confeflion of Sin, 1 John i. v> 1. To God, Ezrax. 10,11. 1. Cordial, Rom.x. 10. 2. Humble, Ezra ix. 6. Gj.?. i. 8. Hah. iii. 17, 1 8. 4. To truft and confide on him, prov. iii. j f JJI-. I. 10. P^/. xxvii. ij 2, 3. j. To Thejanrus Theoloek. xxxiii. n. 2. It is the Means whereby God doth ordi- narily work Repentance in us, Rom. x. 17. Acli ii. 41. . -\. Fafting. 1. This rightly ufed keepeth the fenfual Parts in Subje&ion ; and fo takes off the greateft Impediment to Repentance, 1 Cor, ix. 27. 2. It prepares and difpofes the Mind for the Receipt of Grace and Virtue, Joel. ii. 12. 4. Me- Thefaurus Theologicus. 203 Meditation, Tfal. iv. 4. 1. Upon Sin. 1. The Nature, 1 John'm. 4. 2. The Confequences of it, Dent, xxxii. 29. iDir nnNh UP*. 2. Upon the World. 1. Its Uncertainty, 1 Pef. i. 24. 2. Its Vanity, Ecclef. i. 2. CA*/>. ii. ij, 3. Upon Go d and his Glory, P/rf.cxxxix. 17, 18. 4. Upon Repentance. 1. As it puts a Man. out of Danger of Evil, Pfal. xxiii. 4. ?fal. xci. 9, io. Pwz/. iii. 23, 24,25". 2. It brings a Man into Favour with God, and fo enftates him in all Good, Pfal. lxxxiv. 11. 5-. Truft on Christ for it ; it is he that gives it, Atti\. 31. John xv. j. PHI. iv. 13. He invites you to him, Matt.xl 29. And promifeth, that if you come he will receive you, John vi. 37. 6. Receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, Luke xxii. 19. 1 Cor. xi. 26. i Cor, 204 Thefaurw Theologicus. i Cor. xv. %il For fince by Man came Death, by Man came alfo the Refurreclion of the Dead* ~& r ft>\'KJ H A T are we to underfland by the V V Refurre&ion of the Dead ? Secondly, How doth it appear that the Dead fhal! rife again ? Thirdly, How doth it appear that the fame Body {hall rife again ? Fourthly, Wherefore the Refurre&ioft is faid to, come by Christ? Fifthly, What will be the Confee^uents of it ? I. What are we to underfland by the Refur- reftion of the Dead ? i. Man hath Two integral and efTential Parts, a Soul and Body. 2. So long as thefe Two Parts are united, the Man is faid to live. 3. When the one is feparated from the other, then the Man is faid to die, and ceafe to be a Man. 4. If thefe Two Parts, after feparation, be reunited, then the Man that was dead is properly faid to rife again, as in Christ's Refurre&ion, John xx. 20, 27. II. How doth it appear the Dead fhall rife? 1. It is poflible. God can do it. 1. From the Infinite Wifdom of Gob, who knows every Part of every Body,, TfaL cxxxix. 1 j, 1 6. Matt, x. 29, ;o. 2. From Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 205 e. From his Infinite Power, to whom no- thing is impoflible, Matt, xix. 26. Tfalm cxxxv. 6. fi. It is certain God will do it. X. from the Old Tefiamerityjob xix. 2f. Van. xii. 2. E*W. iii. 6. cited by C h r i s t, Afor. xxii. 32. y4#j xxiii. 6. Chap xxiv. 21. 2. From the New. 1. From thofe whom Christ raifed, Mark v.41,42. LukeVii. 12,1 J. j^o/j. xi. 39,43. 2. From Christ's own Refurre&ion, 1 Cor. xv. 12, 20, £. From exprefs AfTertions of it, 1 Cor, XV. j 2. 1 Thejf. iv. .16. y4#j iv. 2* 3. From Reafon. Becaufe we are capable of doing Good or Evil, and fo of everlafting Rewards and Punifnments, as Men ; and fo as having Bodies as well as Souls. HI. How doth it appear that the fame Body {hall rife again? 1. From the Nature of the Refurre&ion : For unlefs it be the fame Body and Soul, it is no Refurrection. 2. From the End of the Refurrection, that all may be judged, 2 Cor. v. 10. 3. From Christ's Refurredion, Luke xxiv. 39, 4. From exprefs Teftimonies of Scripture, jfc£ xix. 26, 27. 1 Cor. xv. j 3. 1 Thejf. iv. 16, 17, IV. Why is the Refurrection here faid to come by Christ? Becaufe it is by him we (hall be raifed, John vi. 39, 40. All Power is given unto him, Matt, xxviii. 18. He is Lord both of the Dead and Living, Ron;. xiv. 9. Not of the Dead as dead, but as by him to be raifed again, Bv m I. ■ ■ ■ ll « - 206 Thefaurut Tbeologicus. By this Means he will deftroy Death itfelf, 1 Cor. xv. 25*, 26. V. What will be the Confequent of the Refur- region ? Judgment, John v. 28, 29. Matt* XXV. jr, 32J 34, 41. Use. This mould make us, 1. Admire, 1. The Wifdom of God in knowing all Mens Dull. 2. His Power in railing them up. 3. His Juftice in punifhing Sinners. 4. His Mercy in rewarding Saints. 2. Be thankful to our Saviour for his Conquer! over Death, 2 Tim. i. 10. 3. Arm us againft the Fear of Death, 1 Cor. xv.' 4. Keep us from immoderate Sorrow for the Death of our Friends, 1 Thejf. iv. 1;. j. Hence we fhould always be preparing for the Account we muft give when rifen again, Atts xxiv. I $ 3 16. I Cor. xv. f 8. Matt. Tbefaurw Tbeologicw. 207 Matt. xxv. 46. And tbefe fljall go away into evcrlafling Punijhment. I* IFEeverlafting, in its General Notion, im- _j plies both the JLife which the Juft fhall en- joy in Heaven, and that which Sinners fhall have in Hell for ever, John v. 29. Here is, as to Sinners, I, ThePfl'?;<7 Damni. Kai a.7n\iuavV7tu xtm- And thefe fhall go away from Christ, ver.4.1. and by Confequence from whatfoever is or can be good for them. Deprived, 1. Of all Light, over- whelmed with Darkncfs, Matt. viii. 12. 2 Yet. ii. 4, 17. Jude 15. 2. Of all Honour and Refpeft, fo as to live continually in Reproach and Ignominv, Rev. xxii. ij. Matt. xxv. 30. Matt.m. 12. Dan. xii. 2. 3. Of all Wealth and Riches. No fuch Thing there, Lukexvi. 23, 24. 4. Of all Pleafure and Delight* 1. Real, Luke xvi. 23,24. 2. Imaginary Matt. viii. 12. y. Of all Peace and Quietnefs of Mind, being in continual Horror and Amazement, Jfa. lvii. 20,21. Hence, 'O fyvypot ffl l&rwv, Matt. viii. 12. gnafhing and grinding their Teeth for Grief and Vexation for what they have dene. So 20 8 Tbefaurus Theofogicus. So that they will have an inteftine War in their own Breafts. 6. Of all Love and Favour^ i. From their Fellow-Creatures. 2. From their Creator himfelf, Pfal.xxx.y. Luke xiii. 27. Prov. 1.2.6. 7. Of all their Hopes and Expe&ations of ever bettering their Condition, fo that they will not only be miferable to Eternity, but they will know too that they fhall be fo as never to look for good Days more, nor for any thing in the World that is good for them* II. Pana fenfus. Everlafting Punilhment. E<; vjohcLOJV cudviov. 1. Punifhment; both in Soul and Body 5 Matil x. 28. 1. The Soul. 1. The Thoughts tormented. 1. With the Remembrance of their for- mer Sins, Job xiii. 26. 2. With the Apprehenfion of God's Wrath ani Indignation, 2 TbeJT. i. 8., 9. Matt. viii. 29. Luke viii. 28. Job xxxi. 23. 2. The Affe&ioris all in a Comburtion.' No Love, Joy, or Hope. No Defires ever fatisfied, Luke xvi. 2$l 5, The Confcience racking them for neg- lecting the golden Opportunities they once had, Mark ix, 44. 2. The Body. In a continual high Fever always burning, Mark ix. 45*. Luke xvi. 23, Rev, xx. iy. Chap, xxi. 8, Tbefauruf Theologians. 209 - ■ ■■ _ The Eyes tormented with frightful Sights, Devils, and damned Spirits. The Smell with Stenches. The Ears with Screechings, Wailing and Lamentation, Matt. xiil. 42, jo. Continual Hunger and Thirft, but no Re- frefhment, Luke xvi. 24. 2. Everlafting. That it will be fo, is pliin ♦ for it is exprefiy faid, Dan. xii. 2. Mat. xxi, 41. Mark ix. 44. 2 Tbeffl i. 9. 1. Becaufe tho' Sin be but Temporal ; yet God, againft whom it is committed, is Eternal. 2. If finful Men mould live eternally, they would Sin eternally, their immortal Souls being habituated to it. 5. They have their Choice of Option, c ternal Life or eternal Death, Dent. Xxx. Use. 1. Often think of Hell, Deut. xxxii. £c/. 2. Let the Confideration of it deter you frorr;' finning, Rom, vi, 21, If ^AT^ — 2 10- Tbejaurm Theologicw. Matt. xxv. 46. But the Righteous into Life eternal. O e s e r v. /^\ U R Saviour mentions only Two V^/ Places, Everlafting Punifnmenr 3 and Life Eternal: No Vurgatory. By Vurgatory, they mean a Place betwixt Hea* ven and Hell, where the Faithful, that have not fully fatisned for their Sins in this World, are kept in Torment till they have fatisfied Divine Juitice, and are purged from all their Sins, fo as to be fit for Heaven. Llr/ibus Vatrurn, They call a Place where the Faithful before Christ were kept in the Dark. Limbus Infantum, For Infants that die without Baptifm, deprived only of heavenly Jays, but in no Pain. That there is no fuch Place, appears, 1. Jn that the Scripture mentions only Two Places for the Receptacle of Souls after Death, as in my Text; {o Mat.viii. 11,12. Lukexvi. 22,23. 2. In that the fame Scriptures plainly affert, That the Faithful go dire£Hy from Earth to Hea- ven, without ever touching at any fuch Place as Purgatory, John v. 24. Phi!, i. 23. 2 Cor. v. 1, 8. So the Thief on the Crofs, Luke xxiii. 43. 3. There is no more Work to be done after Death, but to be received into Glory, Rev. xiv. 13. 2 Tim. iv. 8. 4. The Saints that are alive when our Saviour comes again Ihall go immediately to Heaven, therefore all others, 1 T/jeJJ'.iv.ij. Matt.xw. 34. $\ The Blood of C h r i s t purgeth us from all Sin, ■4' • ' Tbefaurus Theologicns. 2 i i Sin, and therefore we need not be purged aft..' wards in purgacory, i John i. 7. Rsv. i. ;. Ghtando ifiinc excft'um fuerit, nuh'us jam locus pee- nitentia eft, nullus [atisfaclion'is eft eel us. Cypr. lAijcfriStvlaU >B, lit TO K07[J.\S T«7tf tit TYiV CUiii'lOV clvdmtvav. Chryf. Nullus eH ullibi medlm locus, ut pojjit ejje mfi cum Diaboky qui non eH cum Chr'ifto, Aug, Use. Hence we m«ift be fure to be ready for Heaven, whilft we are here, for after Death there is no- thing to be done, Ecclef, ix. 10. Cbap.ix. $, 6. Who are thofe who are here called the Righte- ous ? They who live Rightecufly 1 John iii. 7. Juftitia eft con ft. ins & perpctua 'voluntas jus fuum cuique tribiundi. II. He that is Righteous, gives to every one his due. I. To Men, Rom. xiii. 7. 1. In General. To all Men we owe, 1. Honour and Refpectj 1 Per. ii. 17. Thll, ii. }. 2. Love and Favour, 1 Johniv. 20, 21. Matt. v. 44. 3. Juft and equitable Dealings, 1 TbtJJ'. iv. 6. Matt. vii. 12. 4. Our Prayers and Thankfgiving, 1 Tim- ii. 1, 2. 2. To our Superiours we owe, I. Reverence and good Opinion, Eccl % 20, z Pet, ii. 10. P z 2. Sub- 2 1 z Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. 2. SubjeiHon and Obedience, Rom. xiii.i. i Pet. ii. 13. Wherefore Rebels and Traytors are not Righteous, j. To our Inferiors, efpecially to the Poor, we owe Alms and Affiftance, Dan. iv. 27. p2f. i Tim. vi. 17, 18. M?rr. xxv. 34, $ j. It. ToGoDj he performs his Duty, in 1. Believing what he hath faid Upon his Te- ftimony, becaufe he hath faid it, Heb.vi.i8* 2. Obeying what he hath commanded up- on his Authority, becaufe he hath com- manded it. i. Sincerely, fWc/.xxiii. 26. 1 Chro.yLvm.& 2. Universally, Pfal. cxix. 6. and to ferve, love, fear, and fubmit to him, Matt. xxii. 37. £ Trufting on what he hath promifed up- on his Veracity, becaufe he hath pro- mifed it, Heb. xiii. 5", 6. They who are thus fincerely Righteous in themfelves, by Vertue of their Faith in Christ, are accepted as per- fectly Righteous in him, Phil, iii.8,.9. None but they who are thus Righteous can enter into Life. To fave others, is inconfiftent, 1. With the Juftice of God, Luke xiii. 5. 2. With theDefign of Christ, 1 Job* iii. 8. 2. With the Nature of Heavsn, 1 Cor, xv. jo. Use. Labour to be thus Righteous before all Things elfe, Matt. vi. 3 j. Tbefauru! Theologian. 2 1 ^ Firfiy Life. So Happinefs is often cillcd, and Heaven it felf, Matt. Vim. 8. Cbap.xix. i6,}j. For then the Soul will properly live in G od, its Life, 1 John v. 12. Dua vita funtj una corporis, nit era anlma. Si- cut vita Corporis anima, it a vita <.nima Dlms. Aug. Earn quippe vitam aternam dicimw, uhi tfi fine fne falicitas. Aug. This Life Eternal is called, I. Reft, thb. iv. 9. We Ihall there reft from, all our Labours, Rev. xiv. 13. 1. Of the Mind or Soul. 1. From all Grief and Sorrow, Re\>. vii. 17. Chap, xxi.4. 2. From all Fears and Jealoufies of future Events, Matt. x. 28. 3. From nil Care and Solicitude, Matt, yi. 34- 4. From all Temptations, 1. Of the Devil, 1 Pet. v. 8. Rem. xvi, 20. Rev. xii. 9, 10. 2. The World, 1 John ii. 1 J. Matt, iv, 8,9. 5. The Flefli, Row. vii. 24. 2. From all the Labours of the Body, from Pains and Aches. From Sicknefs and Diftempers. From Wearinefs, and whatfocver elfe is troublefome to the Body, as Hunger, Thirft, &c. 2 Theff. i. 7. JI. It is called the Joy of our Lord, Matt. xxv. 21. yea, the lulnefs of Joy, Vfal. ivi. 11, p 3 IBt ft 2 14 Tbefaurus Theologicus. III. It is called Paradife, Luke xxiii. 45. py {j Gen. ii. 8, 15". 2 Cor. xii. 2, 4. IV. It is called a Kingdom, Ato. xxv. 34. A City, /&£. xiii. 14. Chap, xi. 10. G<*/. iv. 26. A Crown, 2 7w». iv. 7, 8. An Inheri- tance incorruptible, 1 Vet. i. 4. V. The greateft and moil; unfpeakable Hap- pinefs of Mankind, Pfal. xxxi. 19. Ifa. lxiv, 4. 1 Cor. ii. 9. 2 Cor. iv. 17. This great Happinefs confifteth, I. In our Conformity to Christ, i John'm.zl 1 Cor. xv. 49. 1. In our Bodies, Phil. iii. 21. 1. His was glorious and fplendid, Matt. xvii. 5. Thil. iii. 21. So fhall ours be at that Time, Dan. xii. 3. M^f. xiii. 43. 2. Quick and agile, Acls i. 9, 10. x Thejf. iv. 17. Hence it is faid to be a Spiritual Body, 1 Cor. xv. 44. that is, of a Spiritual Qua- lity, not Subftance. 1. There fhall ftill remain the fame Subftance as before j 1 . C h R 1 s t's Body after his Refurre&ion had Flefh and Bones, Lukexxiv. 39,40. John xx. 25", 27. 2. Otherwife it could not be a proper Re- furreftion, Job xix. 26. 1 Cor. xv. J4. 2. It will therefore be the fame Body, but fo refin'd and fpiritualized, as to be always at the Command of the Soul and Will. 3. As Christ's Body was incorruptable, Pfah xvi. 10. A els ii. 51. So Tbefaurus Theologicus. 2 1 5 So will ours be incorruptible coo, 1 Cor. xv j2, 5-3. 4. Our Bodies there will ftand in no Need of Meat or Drink, Rev, vii. 1 j, 16. 1 Cor. vi. 15. So that we fhall there be in all Refpctf-s, 'ioufy\oi, equal to the Angels them- felves, Matt. xxii. 30. 2. In our Souls, we fhall be made like to Christ. 1. In General. Our Souls will be made perfe&ly Holy and Righteous, 2 Pa. iii. 15. Phil iii. 11, 12. 2. In Particular. 1. Our Understandings pcrfeft in Know- ledge, 1 Ccr.xiii. 9,10,12. i Job. iii. 2. 2. Our Wills perfect; fo that they can- not Sin. 3. Our Affe&ions. All placed aright up- on their right Objefts. Fear, Grief, Hatred, Anger, all ccafe 3 yea, and Hope too. Love and Joy in their Perfe&ion, 1 Cor, xiii. 8, 13. II. It confifteth in the Company we fhall there have; j. Of Glorified Saints of all that ever were, or fhall be upon Earth, Htb. xii. 25. Matt, viii. II. P 4 &*lt\ 2i6 Thef auras Theologicus. Quefi. Whether mall we then know one another ? Jnfw. Yes, Queftionlefs : For, j. Laz,irm knew Abraham, Luke xvi. 2;. Peter ^ James and John, knew Mofes and Ellas iri the Mount, Matt. xvii. 3, 4. They knew Christ when rifen. %. Adam in the State of Innocency knew his Wife fo foon as he faw her, tho' he had ne- ver fcen her before, Gen. ii. 23. 3. The Angels know all the Saints and Ele^ Mark xiii. 27. And we fhall then be ioap 4. This K nowledge of one another will con- duce much to our Joy and Thankfulnefs to God, and therefore befure we fhall there have it. 1. Of Angels. 2. Christ, John xvii. 24. 3. God. Ill, It confifts in our Enjoyments. 1. Of all the Perfections of God, by feeing and perfectly knowing of them, Matt, v. 8. Heb. xii. 14. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. a. His Love and Favour, Tfal. iv. 6, 7. Tfalm ixvii. 1. Zepb, iii- 17. IV. la Tbefaurus Theoloycus. z 1 7 IV. In our Employment j which will be to ad- mire and adore, and praifeGon, for his Creation andPrefervation of the World, Rev. iv. 10, 11. Chap. xi. 16. For his Redemption of Mankind, Rev. v. 9, 11, 12. And for his own infinite Perfections, Rev. iv. 8. Chap. vii. 9, 10, 11, 12. V. In the full Content and Satisfaction that will arife from every Thing we there have, or are, or do, ?fal. xvi. 11. Vfal. xvii. 1 j. Though our defires be infinite, they will be there fully fatisfied in the infinite Good. Qtf eft. Whether will there be Degrees of Glo- " ry in Heaven, fo as that fome fhall have greater Glory than others? Anfiv. Yes. For, 1. The Scripture fpeaks of Degrees of Glory,' 1 Cor. xv. 41,42. Dan. xii. 5. 2. There are Degrees of Torment in HeV, Matt. xi. 22,2;, 24. Luke xii. 47, 48. # Put ftill every One fhall have and enjoy as much as he is capable of. Secondly, Life Eternal. 1. It is Eternal j fo as never to have an End, 2 Cor. v. i. i Vet. i. 4. Rev. xxi. 4. 2. We fhall alfo be as perfe&Iy afiured of it, -fo as never to fear Death or Mifery more. Use. 2 1 8 Tbefaurus Theologian. Use. The Belief of this fhould, i. Leffen our Affe&ions and Love to this World, Col. iii. 2. 2. Encourage us to undergo any Trouble or Affli&ion in order to our getting to Hea- ven, Rom, viii. 18. 2 Cor. iv. 17, 18. 3. Perfuade us to Labour after Righteoufnefs before all Things elfe, Matt. vi. 33. 1 Cor; Thefaurus Theologian. z i 9 1 Cor. xv. 58. Therefore my beloved Brethren, be ye fledfafl, immoveable, always abound- ing in the Work of the Lord. y N this Chapter are Four Things : I. A Summary of the Doftrine of the Gofpel, to ver. 12. II. A Reprehenfion of fuch as deny the Refur- recTion of the Dead, to ver. 1 5-. III. A Confutation of their Arguments, to ver. 28. IV. A feafonable Inference from the PremifTes, to ver. J" 8. 'Efpauoi yiviSti cLtiiJA/jvinvh &t)@\tL hennv & ou>um£9? n Tm&iviat' Chryf. Wherein we have, 1. His loving Compellation. 1. Brethren, 1 Vet. iii. 8. 2. My Brethren, Heb. ii. 11. 3. My beloved Brethren, Pbil. iv. 1. 2. His Apoftolical Exhortation, I. Be ye ftedfaft, 'E^cJo/. Jguefi. r. What is it to be ftedfaft? 1. To be well grounded in our Religion, TiStUi\tU(M.V6t ;£ ttfycUQij Col. 1. 2^ 2. Well built upon that Foundation, JuJe 20. Col. ii. 7. *£gei£«><y TtoKka ■nkHova. 7ktuv top ^i&avIv nJiviu %eji xj T«7wf 7jtt.Vtt>v "ZmSiJlvcu \bpiv roll ifa° •jaw Chryf. II. In the Principles of our Religion. 1. Concerning the Scriptures. 1. That they are the Word of G o d, 2 Tim, jii. 16. 2 P * . ,3. That _ < k . % <^ ■' * TbeJ auras Theologicus. z z i 3. That there is no Way for Man's Reco- very, but only byjESUsCHRisT, Acts iv. 12. John iii. 16. Alls xvi. 51. (.. Concerning Christ. 1. That he is both God and Mail in One Perfon, Atts xx. 28. 2. That he, as fo, died only for our Sins, If a. liii. j . 1 John ii. 2. 3. That he is our only Mediator in Heaven, 1 Tim. ii. 5-. No Saints or Angels, John xiv. 6. I John ii. 1. j. Concerning the Sacraments. 1. That there are but Two, as generally neceffary to Salvation, Baptiim and th^ Lord's Supper. The other Five, Confirmation, Matrimony,- Orders, Penance, Extreme Un&ion, Ufed by the Papifh, cannot be properly called Sacraments. 2. Thefe Two are abiblutely neceffary to Salvation : 1. Baptifm, Matt, xxvii. 19. John iii. 5*. 2. The Lords Supper, L»&? xxii; 19. 6. Concerning the Lord's Supper in parti- cular. x. That the Bread and Wine are not turned Subftantially into the Body and Blood of Christ, i Cor. x. 16, 17. That deftroys the Nature of the Sacra- ment, there being no Figure. Our Saviour meant other wife, L«/%xxii. 1 9. 2. That it ought to be adminiftred in both Kinds, Man. xxvi.27. nfm \fc *wv *-**7ir, 1 Cor, xi, 26, <). Con- 222 Thefaurus Theologicw. 7. Concerning good Works. 1. That they are well-pleafing to God^ Hcb. xiii. 16. Phil, iv. 18. 1 Pet. ii. j. 2. Neceffary in order to Salvation, Mat t. xix. 17. Jac. ii. 26. ;. But not fo as to merit any Thing at God's Hand, Luke xvii. 10. 1 Cor. iv. 7. III. Stedfaft in the Pra&ice of our Religion. 1. In the worfhipping of God. 1. Internally, John iv. 24. 1. In loving God above all Things, Dentl vi. s ■ 1. Becaufe he is infinitely good in him- felf, Luke xviii. 19. 2. Continually good to us, Pfal.cxvi. 1. Luke vii. 47. 2. In our fearing him alone, Ifa. viii. 13 J Matt. X. 28. 1. Becaufe he governs the World, Jer," v. 22. 2. He is both a juft and merciful God, Pfal. CXXX. 4. 3. Our Submiflion to him, Luke xxii. 42. becaufe of his infinite Wifdom and Goodnefs, 1 Sam. Hi. 18. 4. Our trufting on him, Prov. iii.y. and Christ. 1. He is All-wife, 2 Pet. ii. 9. 2. And Almighty too, Matt. xix. 26. y. In our Thankfulnefs for all his Mercies, rmnrra? Lev. xxii. 29. 1. Becaufe all Things come from him, 1 Cor.iv.J. 2. We deferve no Mercies, Gw.xxxii. 10.' 2. Externally. 1. In praying, 1. Only Thefaurw Tbeologicw. 223 1. Only unto God ; Rom. x. 14. Matt. vi. 9. Rev. xxii. 8, 9. Qiov }{Vouiv». Bafil. Moy 2. Not 224 Tbefaurus TbedlogicUs. 2. Not by fpecious Promifes and Allurements, 2 Tim. iv. io. Mark xiv. io, n. Gen. iii. y, 6. Matt. iV. 8, 9. 3. Not by any Troubles 6r Affli&ions here below, Hah iii. 18. Job i. 20, 21. jfr?& xiii. I J. Matt. V. 10, II. Chap. Vli.26, 27. Why be immoveable ? 1. Otherwife we fhall lofe the Comfort and Benefit of all that we have done, Ezek. xviii. 24. 2. We (hall lofe our Reward in another World, Matt. x. 22. Rev. ii. 10. 3. Our latter End will be worfe than the firft, 2 Pef.ii.20j 2r,22. Means. 1. Get a well fettled Judgment in the Princi-J pies of Religion, Dan.xl 32. 1. Beg of God to affift and ftrengthen ycm, : ABs iv. 29. 3. Believe and truft in God and our bleffed Saviour for his afliftance, £,«£ II. It is lawful to wage War, and to maie Preparations, and ufe Means. 1. GOD himfelf commanded his People to go out to War, Numb.xxxi. 2, 3. Sam, xiiii. 2. 1 Kings \i. 14. 2. The People of G O D in all Ages have done it, Gen. xiv. 14. David. 3. It appears from John's Anfwer to the Sol- diers, Luke iii. xiv. and our Saviour to the Centurion, Luke vii. 9. and Cornelisu^ jMsx. 1. 4. It is lawful to defend the Magiftrate's Per* fon and Authority. 5. The Fathers held it. jfug.fyc&kiagofjoflmd's lay ing ambulh againft^',fc/>/c admonemur non Vol. I. Q. »>;*/M 226 Thefaurm Theologies. injufie fieri ab his qui jnftum helium re- runt. i\oycw% Bafil. III. But the Iflue is ftill from GOD. i. GOD made all things, 2. Preferves all things. 3. Governs and orders all things, To that no- thing can act without him. 4. And therefore all Victory and Safety is ftill from GOD. US E. 1. Truft in GOD only. 1. When you have no Means* iChron.xx. 12. Pfal. lvi. 3. 1. In his Wifdom. 2. Power. 3. • Mercy. 4. Faithfulnefs to his Promifes. 2. When we have all Means, Pfal. exxvii. i„ 2. Be thankful to G O D for all Mercies. 1. Acknowledge him in them. 2. Live like thofe who are obliged by GOD'5 Mercies to ierve him. 1 Col Thefattrus Thtol'ogicus. i Cor. xv. $S. Always abounding in the Work of the Lord. L XXr HAT is it to abound in the Works of V V the Lord ? J. Negatively, Not as if we could do more than is required, or works of Superero- gation, which the Papifts boaft of, faying that fome Men do and differ more than is required of them, which they fay is thrown into the common Stock or Treafury of the Church, out of which others receive it, which is the ground of their Indul- gences. lndulgtntia Ecdefiajilca efirel.txatio panJw i. 9. 2. In Man, Afof. xxiii. 23. 1 P*r. v. ill II. For a Perfwafion of the Lawfulnefs of an Attion, Rom. xiv. 22, 23. III. For the Objeft which we believe, the whole Doftrine of Faith, Atti vL 7. Gal. i. 23. and iii. 2. 1 Tim. iv. 1. IV. It is moft ufually taken for the Aft of Believing, and fo it is an AfTent unto ibme Truth upon the Teftimony of one that doth aflert it. 1. It is an AfTent-, and fo not only in the Intellect apprehending, but in the Will receiving and embracing it. Credere eft in Affenfu cegitare, Aug. 1. Unto Truth. Otherwife it is nol Faith, but Folly and Delufion, 2 Thef. ii. 10, 12. 3. As attefted by another • and fo it is diftinguifhed, 1. From Senfe *, whereby we afTent be- caufe we fee or feel it. 2. From Knowledge } whereby we af- fent becaufe we know it to be fo, either. 1. From 22 8 Thef&urus Theo/ogicus. 1. From the Evidence of the thing it felf } as that two and two make* four, the whole greater than a part. 2. From Ratiocination, gathering it from the neceffary Connexion of it with fome known Truth. This is not Faith but Science. Scire eft per caufas fcire^ Arift. which if it be not certain is call- ed Opinion. There are two forts upon which our Faith may be grounded. i. Humane. Becaufe Men atteft it. Up- on this Faith all civil Commerce is grounded. By this we believe Hifto- lies and other things which we never faw, Job. iv. 39. 2. Divine. Which is certain and infallible, 1 John v. 9. Rom. iii. 4. For, 1. God is of infinite Knowledge, and therefore cannot be deceived, VfaL cxlvii. 5. 1 Sam. ii. 3. m.T Hljh *?K Heb. iv. 13. 2. Of infinite Goodnefs and Truth, that he cannot deceive us, Dent, xxxii. 4. Tit. i. 2. He cannot deny himfelf, 2. Tim. ii. 13. nor lie, Heb. vi. 17, 1 3. Being Truth it felf. Hence we have all the Reafon in the World to believe what he faith upon that very Account becaufe he faith it, otherwife we give Truth the Lie, 1 John v. 1 o. How hath GOD revealed and attefted any Truth, fo as to make it an Objed of divine Faith ? 1. GOD fometime revealed his Will im- mediately by himfelf, or an Angel re- prefenting Thejaurus 'Ihtologkus. 229 prefenting himfelf as to AW?, Gen. vi. 12, 14. Heb. xi. 7. to Abraham, Gen. xvii. i, 2. Heb. xi. 8. 1. Sometime by Mofes and the Prophets, by whom he revealed his Will, and con- firmed it by Miracles, iPet. i. 20,2!. 3. By his own Son, Heb. i. 1. 4. By his Apoftles immediately infpired by the Holy Ghoft, Joh.xvi. 13. and xiv.26. Hence what they fpake was GOD's Word, 1 Thrf.'u. 13. 5. Now by the Writings of his Prophets and Apoftles, 2 Tim. iii. \6. John xx. 31. Hence we are faid to be built upon the Foundation of the Apoftles and Pro- phets, Eph. ii. 20. Fropheta & Apojlolt fuper quos omnium Ec- clefiarum fundament a locantur, Hieron. Hence therefore the whole Word of G OD is the Object of true Faith •, which is therefore de- fined by the Apoftle. The <&i<&. the Sub- ftance of all the Promifes that GOD hath made, and the *A«Jk©"i Evidence of all the Truths he hath revealed, Heb.x'i. ft. 1 . The Subftance of things hoped for. 1. Though we have but few good things, yet we hope for many. 2. Our Hope is grounded upon the Pro- mife of GOD. 3. Faith is the Subftance of the things we hope for from the Promifes of G O D, fo as to give us Poflefiion of them, be- ing as tully perfuaded that we (hall have them, as if we had them alrea- dy, Heb. xiii. 5, 6. Rom. viii. 38. 2 Cor, v. 1. iTim. iv. 7,8. 2. It 240 ThefauruS Tho/ogicus. 2. It is the Evidence of things not feen, 2 Cor. iv. 18. Whether they be, 1. Paft, as the Flood, the Deftruction of Sodom, deliverance from zALgyyt, &c. Chrift'sPaffion, Refur reft ion, Afcen- iion. 2. Prefent, as all the Myfteries of our Reli- gion, the Trinity, Chrift's Divine Na- ture, Interceffion, God's Omniprefence, Omnipotence, &c. 3. Future. As, The Refurre&ion. Judgment. Hell. Heaven, Matt. xxv. 46. Epk vi. 16. W 2 Pet. i. 5. Add to your faith virtue. HAT are we to underftarid by Virtue? I. Virtue fignifies, \ 1. Probity or Goodnefs of Manners in general, the whole Duty of Man, the Art of do- ing good and living well. \ Ars if/fa bene retteq; vivendi virtm a veteribtb defimta eft. Aug. So it is taken, Phil. iv. 8. So fome underftand it here for Virtue in gene- ral, the particulars being aftemamed. In this fenfe the Word implies, I; That to our Faith we mufl add good Works, do well as well as believe well. They Thefaurus Theologicus. 241 They are good Works, James u. 14,18. 1. That are commanded, Jfaiabi. 12, 13. Mutt. xv. 4, 9. 2. That we do becaufe commanded, 1 Sam. XV. 22. 2. That we do to the glory of GOD, Mat. vi. i . 1 Cor. x. 3 r. 2. That we content not our fclves with fome few good Works now and then, Mark vi. 20. Afts xxvi. 28, 29. 3. But that we do all manner of good Works that we are commanded, Pfal. cxix. 6. Col. i. 1 o. Luke 1. 6. 1 . There is the fame reafon for all, that there is for one. 2. He that doth not do all, doth none, James ii. Io. 3. The want of one will ruin you as well as the want of all, Ez.ek. xviii. 30. II. By Virtue is commonly underftood the ha- bit of doing good. 1. Wherein doth it confift? Whereby, 1. We are enclined to it, 1 Theff. iv. 9. 2. Conftant in it, Eph. iv. 14, 15. 3. Take pleafure in the doing of it, Vrov. xxi. 15. Pfal. xix. 9, 10. 2. Why mould we have this habit of Vir- tue ? 1 . The Word mould be engrafted in us, James i. 2 r . 2. We mould put on the new Man, Col. iiL IO. 2 Cor. v. 17. 3. Be transform'd into the Image of Chrift, Rom. xii. 2. and rife with him, Rom. vi. 5s 6. 4. Without the habit the ad will fooq ceafe, Col. i. 21, 22,23. Vol. I. R 5. tfo 242 Thefattrus Theologies. •^ — — »— II I ,1-1111 BM^^HMMMBMMMBanMH**^^ 5. Nothing is good or acceptable unto GOD, but what proceeds from a good Heart, and To from the habit of Grace and Virtue. Luh viii. 1 5. Mat. vii. 18. 3. What muft we do to get this habit of do- ing good ? 1. Keep up within your felves a deep and conftant fenfe of your own infirmity, and inability to do good, 2 Cor. iii. 5. 1 Cor. ii. 18. 2. Beg of GOD his afliftance of you. Jam. i. 5. 3. Believe and trull on Chrifl for GOD's anfwering your Prayers, 3nd for fuch fupplies of Grace from him as may ha-* bituate you to goodnefs, John i. io\ Phil. IV. 12, 13. 4. Exercife your felves eonftantly in doing good. 1 Tim. iv. 7. AEls xxiv. \6. 2 Pet. i, 5. Add to yon faith virtue. III. "T 7lrtue is taken for Fortitude and Valour, V for Courage and Refolution in the ways of GOD, and good Works, 'AfcTei£&9*, K&flatv&! ) 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 1. Wherein doth Virtue ia this fenfe efpecially confilt ? 1 . In undertaking and performing whatfoe ver is required of us, how difficult or ha- zardous foever it be, Heb. xt. 8. Jer. I. 7, 8, 17. AEts iv. 10, 13. and ix. 29. Phil, i. 14, 2o. u Not- Tltfaurus Theologtcus. 2 ^ i. Notwithstanding any difficulties that may hinder us in performing our Duty, i Cor. xvi. 9. 2. Notwithftanding the Uncertainty of Succefs in what we undertake, Dav. i. 12, 13, 18. Dan. iii. ,6, 1 7> T g 2. In undergoing whatsoever is laid upon us 3. In doing and (offering this for GOD and Goodnefs fake, 1 Pet. iii. ,. and j 14, i<*. 2. How may we attain to fucli Virtue and Cou- rage ? u 1. Be fenfible of your own Weaknefs and In- firmity, Rom. v. 6. 2 Cor. in. % 2. Confider that it is GOD that commands any Duty from you, or lays any afflicti- on upon you ; he requirctb Virtue and Valour from you, 1 Cbr. xxviii. 9, 10. 3. Truft: on GOD for his affiftance of you 4. Stedfaftly believe that GOD will be pre- fent wnh you, and affift you in whatfo- ever he lays upon you, or requireth from you, Dent. xx. 3,4. iKiJsvi. 1 c , 5 17. Pf*L xxvii. 1. " 5 ' ,<5 ' 5 . Confider and firmly believe that ChriP- hath already gotten theViftoryfor us and that nothing is now required of us' but that believing and adhering to him we may be Viclors too, Jobn^l „ Kom. viu. 17. ■ >: >* 6\ Look frill to the Retompence of Re- ward, and the Glory that attends true Virtue, and fpmtual Courage and Re- folutiDD, Heb.xti. 2 . iC,r.xv. s 8. R 2 2 Pet. 244 Thefaurus Theologicus. — — — i 2 P E T. U $* And to virtue, knowledge, I.TT7* HAT is here meant by Knowledge? A VV right underftanding of the things that belong to our eternal Salvation. Here is, i. The general Nature of it \ it is a right un- derflanding. That is, 1. Clear and diftinct, Rom. i. 21. Jer.iv. 22. 1 Cor.xiv. 20. 2. Practical and Experimental, /&£. V. 14. Pfal. xxxiv. 8. 1 Pet. ii. 3. 3. Sound and Orthodox, contrary to that ^vJ^w[xQ- yi'aoTf, 1 Tim. vi. 20. <«<>f" 7. 2. Not fuch things as only concern others, 1 Thejf.iv. 11. 3. Not things impertinent and unnecefTa- ry, 2 Tim. ii. 23. Tit. iii. 9. 4. Not fuch things as are above our Ca- pacities, as the Trinity, Incarnation, &c. of which it is fufficient that we know them to be revealed, and fo believe them. 2. Pofitively. We mould know fuch things as ate neceifary to make us holy and happy, iTim. vi. 3,4. 1. GOD Thefaurus Thsolcgicus. 24$ 1. GOD whom we ought to fervc \Ch\on. xxviii. 9. 1. His EiTence, Exod. iii. 14. 2. His Properties, £.W. xxxiv. 6. 3. His Works. 1. Creation. 2. Providence. 2. Chrift, by whom alone wc can ferve him, John xvii. 3. I Cor. ii. 2. 3. The Scriptures, Matt. xxii. 29. 4. Our Duty contained in them, the whole Moral-Law. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. II. How may we attain true Knowledge? In order thereunto, I. Be fenfible of your own ignorance, and by confequence careful not to conceit your felves to be wife, and knowing People, Prov. xxvi. 12. 1 Cor. iii. 18. 1. Avoid carnal Pleafures and fcnfual Delights, Epb. iv. 1 8. 3. Devote your felves to Holinefs and a Pious Life, Pfal. cxix. 99, ico. John xiv. 21. Pfal. xxv. 14. 4. Be lowly and humble in your own Eyes, not only in refpedl of Knowledge, but alfo of Grace and Virtue, Row. xii. 3. otherwife you will not be qualified for it, I Pet. v. 5. Being by thefe means qualify ed for true Chri- ftian Knowledge, ufe the means appointed. 1. Pray for it, James I 5, pfal. cxix. 18. 1 Kings iii. 9, 1 2. z. Read and hear the Word of GOD, 2 Tim. in. 16, 17. To which may be added, Catechifing and Me- ditation. R 3 3. Practice 2^6 Tbefaurus Theologtcus. 3. Pra&ice what you know, and that is the way to know more, John xiii. 17. III. Why fhould you labour after fo much Knowledge ? 1 . Without Knowledge ye are like brute Beafts, Pfal. xxxii 9. yea worfe, Ifa. i. 2, 3. 2. Ignorance is the caufe of Error and Herefie, Matt. xxii. 29. 3. It is the caufe of Sin too, 1 Cor, ii. 8. Tfalm cxix. 33,34. 1 4. And of Deftru&ion, Hof.iv,6. 5. Without Knowledge you can do no good Work, Rom. x. 2, 3. 6. Nor ever get to Heav'n, Lufoxi. 52. Hence fee the Neceffity of Catechifing. Teach your Children at home, and fend them hither, 2 Pet. Thefwrus Tbeologicus. 247 w 2 Pet. i. 6. And to knowltdge temperate. Hat is Temperance? 1- GOD hath made feveral Objects pleafing to Man's Senfes. 2. The Affections of the Soul are apt to fol- ic w the Senfes of the Body. 3. Hence fenfual Pleafures are apt to draw us into Vice. 4. It is our great Duty and Intereft to mo- derate our Affections to fenfual Plea- fures. 5. Herein confifteth the true Nature of Temperance, not indeftroying the Af- fections. More particularly it confifteth, 1. In keeping our Affections fubject to Rea- fon and Religion, and fb denying them what is unlawful, Tit. \\. 1 2. 2. In abftaining efpecially from fuch Lulls, as by our Calling, Condition or Consti- tution, we are molt fubject to, 1 Pet. iv. 2, 3, 4. 3. In abftaining from the inward Defires, as well as the outward Ads of Intempe- rance, Col. iii. 5. Rom. viii. 1 3. Mat. v, 28. 4. In not being too much lift up with the Increafe, nor calt down with the Lofs of fenfual Pleafures, 1 Cor, vii. 29, 30, 31. 2 Or. vi. ioi R 4 II. How Tbefaurus Theologicus. II. How may we attain this Vertue ? i. Confider that all Intemperance leaves a Sting, a Curfe behind it, Prov. xxiii. 29, 30. lfa. v, 11, 2. Confider that it makes a Man unfit for his particular, much more for his general Calling, Hef.'vi. u. Lnkexxi. 34. and fo is an Inlet to all manner of Villany and Wickednefs. To Adultery, Fornication, Theft, Mur- der, Perjury, and what not? 3. Hence look not at fenfual Pleafures as they come, but as they go, Ecpi. vi. 21. 4. Refufe and fnpprefs the firft Motions to Intemperance, James i. 14, 15. And keep not Company with thofe who are addicted to it, 1 Cor. v. 1 1. 5. Confider often the great Work you have to do, and how necefiary Temperance is, in order to the effecting of it, 1 Cor. ix. 24,25, 27. 6 f Employ your Affections upon their pro- per Objects, and you will foon defpife all Brutifh Pleafures. 2 Pet* Thefaurus Theo/o»icu4. 249 2 Pet., i. 6. 4nd to temperance patience. HAT is Patience? 1. l W GOD orders the World, and difpofeth of every thing in it, Matt. x. 29 30. 1. As he gives Comforts, fo it is he too that gives Troubles, lja. xlv. 7. Job. i. 2. and ii. 10. 3. As we are to moderate our AfTeclions to the Pleafures, fo we are to moderate them to Troubles too. The firft is Tem- perance, and the other Patience. So as 1 . Not to faint under 3ny Trouble, Heb. xii. 5. Prov. XXiv. IO. Heb.^2,%^16.' 2. Not to murmur or repine againft GOD I Cor. X. To. Rorn.ix. 20. ' 3. Nor retain any Malice or revengeful Thoughts againft his Inftruments 1 Pit. ii. 20. and iii. 9. Matt. v. 44 4. But to be always ready to bear any Trouble, Aftsxxi. 13. 5. That we rejoyce and be thankful for whatfoever we here meet with, Heb X. 34. Afts v. 4 r. Matt, y. 1 1 l2 ' Job 1. 22. James v. 11. II. What Reafon have we to be patient under all onr Trouble ? Becaufe, 1. They are no more than what GOD may juflly lay upon us, we having juftly de- fer ved 2/*/. xlii. 1, 2. Hereby we acknow- ledge his Excellency above all things. 4^ Submitting to his Will, Luke xxii. 42. Hereby we acknowledge, Mat. vi. 10. ,1. His Thefaurtts Theologicut. 25} 1. His Wifdom. 2. His Power. 3. His Goodnefs. 5. Fearing his Threatnings, Amos iii. 8. Jtr. v. 22. Hereby we acknowledge his Juftice and Power. 6. Trufting on his Promifes, Ueb. xiii. 6. 2 Cor. i. 9 5 10. Hereby we acknow- ledge his Faithfulnefs. 7. Rejoice in his Prefence, Tfal. iv. 6, 7. Pfal. lxxxiv. 10. By this you will ac- knowledge his All-fufficiency. Hah. iii. 17, 18. 8. Obey his Laws, 1 Sam.xv. 22. All hh Laws, Pfal. cxix. 6. II. How may we attain true Godlinefs 7 1 . It is only by Chrift we can be godly, Aft s v. 31. and iii. 26. 1 Cor. i. 30. 2. And only by Faith in him, Aftsxxwl. 18. and xv. 9. 1 Johns. 5. Hence Faith in Chrift is to be a&ed in all means, as 1. Hearing the Word, Johnxvii.17. Hcb. iv. 2. 2. Prayer, Tfal.Xi. 10. Jer. xxxi. 18. 3. Falling, Luketi. 37. >e/ ii. 12. 1 Or. ix. 27. 4. Meditation, P/*/. i. 2. and cxix. 59. 5. The Sacrament, theSum of all the reft, 1 Cor. xi. 24. III. Why labour after it ? 1. All other Enjoyments avail nothing with- out it, Rom. vi. 21. 2. Nor your feeming Virtues, ilim. iii. 5. 3. Nor your Duties, Lukex'ui. 16, 27. 4- No 2 r 2 Thefaurus Theologicus. 2. By carrying our felves there with an holy Fear and Reverence, Gen. xxviii, 16, 17. 3. By ufingall fuch decent Geftures as may teftify our Acknowledgment of his Prefence with us, and Soveraignty over us. i. The Words ufed for Worfhip all fignify the Geftures of our Body, as yD3 na and ninnum Pfal. xcv. 6\ fo vii. 50. 2. We are forbidden to bow to any but GOD, CD^K^mnun Exod. XX. 5. fo 6«w wsoaV -s^ffKWMcntf fxau Matt. iv. 9, IO. 3. Our Saviour ufed it, 'John xvii. 1 . Matt, xxv i. 39. confer £#fo xxiii. 46. cww jM» xix. 30. 4. So did the Apoftles, Eph. ill. 14. ^#.r ix. 40. and xxi. /*/. xlii. 1, 2. Hereby we acknow- ledge his Excellency above all things. 4". Submitting to his Will, Luke xxii. 42. Hereby we acknowledge, Mat. vi. 10. ,i. His Tbefaurus Thtologicus . 25? 1. His Wifdom. 2. His Power. 3. His Goodnefs. 5. Fearing his Threatnings, Amos ill. 8. Jer. v. 22. Hereby we acknowledge his Juftice and Power. 6. Trufting on his Promifes, Heb. xiii. 6. 2 Con i. 9, 10. Hereby we acknow- ledge his Faithfulnefs. 7. Rejoice in his Prefence, Tfal. iv. 6, 7. /yi/. lxxxiv. 10. By this you will ac- knowledge his All-fufficiency. Hab. iii. 17, 18. 8. Obey his Laws, 1 Sam.xv. 22. All hh Laws, P/4/. cxix. 6. II. How may we attain true Godlinefs ? 1 . It is only by Chrift: we can be godly, Atts v. 31. and iii. 16. 1 Cor. i. 30. 2. And only by Faith in him, ytftf/xxvi. 18. and xv. 9. 1 John v. 5. Hence Faith in Chrift is to be a&ed in all means, as 1. Hearing the Word, John xvii. 17. Heb. iv. 2. 2. Prayer, Pfal.M. 10. ^Vr.xxxi. 18. 3. Falling, Lukcu. 37. Ubr/ii. 12. 1 Or. ix. 27. 4. Meditation, Tfal. i. 2. and cxix. 59. 5. The Sacrament, theSum of all the reft, 1 Cor. xi. 24. III. Why labour after it? 1. AH other Enjoyments avail nothing with- out it, Rom. vi. 2i. 2. Nor your feeming Virtues, ilim. iii. 5. 3. Nor your Duties, Luke xi'.i. 2<5, 27. 4> No 2 id, Tbefaurm Tbeologicus. 4. No getting to Heaven without it, Heb. xii. 14. Matt. v. 20. 5. This is the Image of GOD, Epb. iv. 24. 6. Is profitable for all things, 1 Tim. iv. 7, 8. 7. It will bring you to Heaven, Mat. xxv. 46- 2 P E T. l". 7. y^ to godlimfs brotherly kindnefs. And to brotherly kindnefs Charity. I.T>Rotherly Kindnefs confifts in loving others JLJ as our felves. 1. Forgiving the Injuries we receive from them. 2. Sympathizing with them. 3. Reproving them for Sin. 4. Being helpful and affiftant to them. II. In loving them as Chrift loved us. 1. Sincerely. 2. Effectually. 3. Humbly, thinking nothing below you, 4. Impartially, all Men. 5. Conftantly. II. Charity defcribed, 1 Cor. xiii. 4, 5, <5, 7. It is that Grace whereby, 1. We neither think, norfpeak, nor do any Evil to others. 1. Not think Evil, have no uncharitable Thoughts of them, 1 Cor. xiii. 5. i . None but have fome good in them, 1 Pet. ii. 17. 2, Every Thefaurm Thzologicm. a$$ 2. Every one knows more evil by him- fclf, than by any other, Rom, xif. 10. Phil. ii. 3. 2. Hor fpeak evil of them, Tit. Ill- 2. Jude viii. 9, ic. J.tw. ir. 11. j. Nor do any evil againfl them, no not though we have received evil from them, Row. xii. 17,20,21. 1 Thef. v. 1 5. 1 Pet. iii. 9. 1 Cor. xiii. 7. 2. We pray for all Men, 1 Cor. xiii. 5. 1 Tin*. ii. 1. yea for our very Enemies. For, 1 . We have a particular command for that, Mat. v. 44. 2. Unlefs we pray for them we cannot be faid to have forgiven them, and fo are not capable as yet of pardon our felves, Mat. vi. 12,14, 15. 3. By this means we mail put out of our Minds all defire of Revenge, and fo commit our caufe wholly to GOD, Rom. xii. 1 9, 20. 4. In this we (hall follow the fteps of our blefTed Saviour, who was Charity it felf, Luke xxiii. 34. 111. By true Charity we do good to all, Gal, vi. 10, 1 Cor. xiii. 4. xpnswVfa 1 Tim. vi. 1 7, 1 8. 1. W hy do good with what we have ? 1 . G O D is the Supreme Proprietor of the World, and our Landlord,we his Te- nants •, and to teftifie that we ought to pay him a quit-Rent, Homage, or Tribute, by giving of what we have to Pious and Charitable ufes. Hence when they brought their Offerings, they are to acknowledge GOD's Do- minion over and Mercy to them, Dent. XXvi. 1, 10. 1 2. fo David^ 1 Chron. xxix. 11, 12, 14. 2. This 2^6 Tbefaurus Theologicus. 2. This will make us mindful of our de- pendance upon GOD and obligations to him, Dent. vi. 10, li, 12. Prov. XXX. 8, 9. Matt. vi. 1 9, 26, 2 1 . 3. This is the Means whereby GOD hath provided for the Poor, fo that you rob them, unlefsyou give them, Mai. iii. 8. 2. How mould this Grace be exercifed ? 1. In Obedience to GOD, and for his fake, Mark ix. 4r. 1 Cor. xiii. 1,2. 2. It mull be univerfal, Gal. vi. 10. 3. Willingly and chearfully performed, 2CW-.ix. 7. Rom. xii.8. J^ xx. 35. 4. Froportionably to every Man's Eftate, 1 Cor. xvi. 2. 2 Cor. ix. 6. Luke xxi. 1,2,3. 5. To a good End, not to be feen of Men, Matt. vi. 1 . Nor thinking to merit Heaven by it, Luke xvii. 10. But only for the Glory of GOD, Matt, v. 16. Motives. 1. This is the beft way to employ your Eftates, %p>W7*« 2. To preferve and fecure them, Prov. xix. 17. Matt. vi. 19, 20. 3-. To encreafe them, Matt. xix. 29. 4. All your Religion without this is nothing worth, James i. 27. 5. Sentence will be pafl upon you hereafter according to your Charity here, Matt. xxv. 34,41. THE Tbtfaurus Tbeolcgicus. 2^7 ». ' • THE ARTICLES O F T H E Christian Faith. ^- \T7"Hat do ye mean by thofe Articles? VV A. The Sum and Subftancc of the Chriftian DocYrine. £L Where have you that Do&rine fummed up ? A- In the Creeds- Q How many Creeds doth our Church receive ? A. Three: The ApoJlles,Nicene,and Athanafiarti Q Which do we here mean ? A* The ApofHes •, fo called either as gathered out of their Writings, or made by them, iTin/i i. 13. Hold fafi the form of found words, which thou haft heard of wf, in faith and love which is in Chrifi Jefus. 1 Cor. XV. 3, 4. For 1 delivered unto you firft of all, that which I alfo received, how that Chrifi died for our Sins, according to the Scriptures : And that he was buried, a. id that he rofe again the third day according to the Scriptures. Jude 3- Beloved^ when 1 gave all diligence to write unto you of the common Salvation -, it was needful for me to write un- to you, and exhort you that ye flwuld earneflly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the Saints* S^ Why do ye rehearfe that Creed ? A- Becaufe That contains the Subftancc of all other, and is univerfally received by all Chriftians* £L Is it neceftary for all to learn the Creed ? A- Yes- Otherwife, unlefs they know that, they cannot believe as they promifed, when they Vol- V S were 258 Tbefaurus Tbeologicas. were Baptized -, and unlefs we believe, we cannot be faved. Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is Baptized, jhaH be faved - y but be that believeth not, (l)all be damned. i?. Why do we fo often rehearfe thefe Articles? A. Becaufe by that means we make publkk Pro- feffion of our Chriftian Faith. Rom. x. 9,10. If thou flialt confefs with thy mouth the Lord Jefus^ and jhalt believe itmhine heart, that God hath raifed him from the dead, then flialt be faved. For toith the Heart Man believeth unto Right eoufnefs, and with the Mouth Confejfion is made unto Salvation. That is the Reafon why we fay it fo often in our Prayers. ^_,Why is the Creed put firft before the Com- mandments and Lord's Prayer? A. Becaufe we muft firft believe, before we can obey or pray to God. Heb. xi, 6. Bat without faith it is impojfible to pleafe him', for he that cometh to God, rmfl believe that he is, and that he is a Re* warder of them that diligently feek him, I Believe Q. Why are thefe Words placed firft of all ? A. Becaufe they run through the whole Twelve, to every Article 1 give my Affent, Credo 9 whence the whole is called the Creed. jg^Why, 1 believe, in the Singular Number ? A. Becaufe every one muft believe for himfelf, John ix. 38. And he faid, Lord, J Believe. And he worflripped him. John xi. 27. She faith unto him, Tea, Lord : I Believe that thou art the Chrifi the Sen of God which (hould come into the World. Gal. ii. 20. / am crucified with Chrift ; never thelefs J live -, yet not 1, but Chrifi liveth in me : And the Life which J now live in the Flejh, Hive by the Faith %ftht Son of God) who loved mc % and gave himfelf for me* Thtjaurus Tkologicus. 259 me. Hab, ii. 4. Behold, his Soul which u lifted up y is not upright in him: B'it the fiifil fiiall live by his Faith. CK What is it to believe in this place? A. To be fully perfwaded that everything here is true. Rom. viii. 38. For 1 am perfwaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalis ties, nor powers^ nor things prefent, nor things to come. Heb.li. I. Now Faith is the fub fiance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not fieen. O^ What ground have you to be thus per- fwaded ? A. Becaufe every thing in the Creed is attefted by God, who cannot lye. Tit, i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promifed^ before the World began. Q± Where hath God attefted it ? A. In his Holy Word, 2 Tim. iii. \$. All Scripture is given by infpiration of God, and is pro- fitable for doftrine, for reproof, for corrcftion, for infirutlion in right confine fs. In God Q. What doth this Article import? A. That God is. Heb.xi. 6. But without Faith it is impojfible to pleafe him : For he that cometh to God mujl believe that he is, and that he is a Re- warder of them that diligently fieek him. Q^ Why do ye believe there is a God ? A. All things fliew it. Rom. i. 20. For the in- vifible things of him from the Creation of the World are clearly feen, being under fiood by the things that are made, even his eternal Fower and Godhead; fo that they are without excufic. And fo atteft it : jt&3 xiv. 16,17. Who in Times pajt fitfered all Nations to walk in their own way. Neverthelefis he left not S 2 him- 260 Thefaurus Tbeohgicas. bimfelf without witnefs, in that he did good, and gave us rain from Heaven and fruitful Seafons, fill- ing our hearts with food and gladnefs. Pfai. xix. I . The Heavens declare the Glory of God; and the Fir- mament fiieweth his handy work. Every Man's Confcience alfo attefts it : Rom. ii. 14, 15. For" when the Gentiles which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, thefe haviri? vet the Law, are a Law unto themfelves, which foew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their Confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their Thoughts the mean while accufing, or elfe excufintr one another. Pfal. xiv. 1. The fool hath faid in his heart, there is no Gcd : they are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doth good. Qj What elfe doth this Article import ? A. That there is but one God. £>. How do you prove that ? A. Vent. vi. 4. Hear, Ifrael, the Lerd our God is one Lord. Ifa* xliv. 6. Thus faith the Lord the King of Ifrael, and his Redeemer the Lord of Hofts, J am the Firft, and I am the Laft, and be fides me there is no God. Ifa.xlv. 5,6. 1 am the Lord, and there is none elfe, there is no God befides me ', 1 girded thee, though thou hafl not known me : That they may know from the rifing of the Sun, and from the Weft, that there is none befides me, I am the Lord, and there is none elfe. 1 Col*, viii. 6, 7. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord fefus Chrift, by whom are all things, and we by him. Howbeit, there is not in every Alan that knowledge : For fome with Confeience of the Idol unto this hour, eat it a* a thing offered unto an Idol; and their Confcience be- ing weak, is defiled. Q. What is the great Duty you owe to this one God ? A. To Tbefaurus Theoloq^icus. 261 A. To love him above all things: Veut.w'i. 5. And thou flialt love the Lord thy Cod with all thine heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy might I And to worfhip and ferve him only : Mat. iv. io* Then faith Jefus unto him, Oct thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou fhdlt wo>pu'p the Lord thy Cod, and him only ]h alt thou ferve, £• What is God ? A. Lxod, iii. 14. And God [aid unto Mofes, I am that 1 am: and he fad, thou flialt fay unto the Children of Jfrael, I am hath pent mc urn you, A Spirit : John iv. 24. God is a Spirit, and they that wor(l)ip him, muft worfiip him in Spirit and in Truth, & What is that ? A. A Subttance without Matter or Body. Luke XXiv. 39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is 1 my felf : handle me, and fee, for a Spirit hath not Flefj and Bones, as ye fee me have. And lo not like to Man : Row i. 23- And they changed the Glory of the uncorruptible God, into an Image made like to corruptible Ad an, and to Birds, and four-footed Be aft s^ and creeping things. Q Why then is God faid to have a Head and Hands, &c* A. To reprefent him the better to our Capaci- ties. §1. Is he therefore invifible ? A. Yes. l John'vt. 12. A T o Man hath fe en God at any time ; if we love one another God dvoellcth in us, and his Lov; is perfetledin ns. Job ix. 11. Lo hegoeth by me, and I fee him not. Q In what Senfe then fhall we fee God ? A. 1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we fliall be • ' but we know that when he fuill appear, we fhall be like him ; for we fliall fee him as he is, 1 Cor. xiii # 12. For now we fee through a Glafs darkly, but S 3 then Z62 Thefaurus Thtologkus. then face to face : Now 1 know in part •, but then fliall I know even at alfo J am known : With the Eyes of our Minds, not of our Bodies ; but Chrifl: with our bodily Eyes : Job xix- %6. And though after my skin, Worms deftroy this Body, yet in my flefh fiall I fee God. (X What follows from God's being a Spirit? A. That we mould worfliip him in Spirit and in Truth, John iv. 24. Cod is a Spirit, and they that worjhip him, mttji worflnp him in Spirit A,nd in Truth, Q. Where is God ? A. Every where, Tfal cxxxix* 7, 8.' Whither jhall 1 go from thy Spirit ? or whither fijall I flee from thy pre fence f If 1 afcend up into Heaven, thou art there : If I make my Bed in Hell, behold, thou art there. Jer. xxiii. 23, 24. Am 1 a Cod at hand, faith the Lord, and not a God afar off. Can any hide himfelf in fecret places that J (hall not fee him ? faith the Lord : Do not J fill heaven and earth ? faith the Lord. Q^ How then is he faid to be in Heaven, and near us? Ifa. lv» 5* Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. A. Becaufe he manifefteth himfelf to us, Exod. XX. 24. An Altar of Earth thou fialt make unto me, and fiialt facrifice thereon thy Burnt -Offer- ings, and thy Peace-Offerings, thy Sheep and thine Oxen : In all Places where J record my Name, J will come unto thee, and J will blefs thee. Matt, xviii, 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am 1 in the midff of them. • C\ Doth he then know all things ? A. Moft perfectly, Pfal. cxlvij. 5. Great is our Lordy and of great power- 7 his under ft mding is infi- nite. P. How Tbefdttrus TLeotogicus. 265 X^How doth that appear ? A. Pfal.CXlXlX. 2, 3,4- rhou knowefl m y eiomm fitting, andmyuvrtfwg, thou under f andeft my thoughts Afar off. Thou comptfeft my path, And my lying down, and Art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my Tongue, but lo, Lord y thou knowefl it altogether, Heb. iv. 1 3 Neither is there any creature That is not manifeft in his fight : but all things are naked, and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. £h Can it be proved from Reafon ? A. Ye?, becaufe he made and prcferves all things, Gen. i. 31. And God [aw every thing that be had made, and behold it was very good ; and the evening and the morning were the fixih day. Pfah ClXlil. 1$, \6. My fub fiance was not hid from thee, when I was made in fecret ; and cunoufy wrought in the lowefl parts of the earth. Thine eyes did fee my fubfiance yet being unperfetl, and in thy Book all my Members were written, which in conti- nuance were fafliioned, when as yet there was none of them. £. What ufe mult we make of this? A. To be fincere and pious in all things^ l Chron. nviii- 9. And thou, Solomon my Son, know thou, the God of thy Father, and ferve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind : for the Lord fearcheth all hearts, and under flandeth all the imam ginations of the Thoughts : If thou feek him, he will be found of thee ' 9 lf*t if thou for fake him, he pill cafi thee off for ever. In God the Father £. Why God the Father? A. Becaufe the word, God, bath refpeft to all three Perfons. _ r , S 4- & How 264 Tbefaurus Tbeologicus. Q How do you prove there are three Perfoas. God ? ' A- Matth. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the Fa- ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghojr, 1 Cor. xiii. 14.. The grace of the Lord Jefus Chrifl, . Why is God faid to be Almighty ? A. Becauie he can do what he will, Pfil. cxv. 3. But our Cod is in the Heavens, he hath done wh.xt foever he pleafed. Pfjl. CXXXV. 6. Whatfoe- icr the Lord pleafed^ that did he in heaven and in earthy in the feas and all deep places. Matth. xix. 26. But Jifus beheld them, and faid unto them^ with men this is impoffible, hut with God all things are pojfible. £>. How doth God do what he will ? A« Only by willing it fhoq!4 be dcne 3 Matth viii. 3. And Jefus put forth his hand and touched, him, fayina, 1 will, be thou clean', and immediate- ly his leprojie was cl(a.nfed. Mar. vii. 34, 35. And looking up to Heaven he fight d, and Jaitb unto him Epbphatha, that is, be opened', and fl railway his ears were opened, and the firing of his tongue wat loofed, and he fpakc plain. Gen. i. 3. And God faid, let there be light ; and there was light. ^. Can none then refift his Will ? A- No, Rom. ix. 19. Thou wilt fay then unto me, why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath refified his will f Tit. i. 2 In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promifcd before the World be- gan. Heb. vi. 18. That by two immutable thinas in which it was impoffible for God to lie, we might have a frong confolation, who have fed for refuse to lay hold upon the hope fet before us. Q What follows from God's being Al- mighty. A* i« That we mould fubmit to his will, M.tr. xiv. 36. And he faid, Abba, Father, all things are pojjible unto thee, take away this cup frtm me; ne- verthelefs^ not what I jp/7/, but what then wilt. 2. Fear 2.66 Tkefattrus Theologicus* 2. Fear him, Matth. X. 28. And fear not them which kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul: but rather fear him, which is able to defiroy both Soul and Body in Hell. 3. And truftonhim, /y^.xxxvii.3,4,5. Truft in the Lord, and do good, fo jhalt thou dwell in the Land, and verily thou foalt be fed. Delight thy fclf alfo in the Lordy and he jhall give thee the de fires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; t ruft alfo in him, and he jhall bring it to pafs. Maker of Heaven and Earth. Qj What is meant by Heaven and Earth? A. The whole World with all things in it, Alls xvii. 24. God that made the World, and all things therein^ feeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands. Q. What did he make all things of? A. Of nothing, Gen. i. 1 . In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Qj How did he make them ? A. By his word, Gen. i. 3. And God faid, let there be light, and there was light. Heb. xi. 3. Through Faith we imderftand that the Worlds were framed by the word of God, fo that things which are feen were not made of things which do appear. Q. How long was he making it ? A. Six Days -, that we may better difcern his Wifdom and Power in it, Light and Plants were before the Sun. £. Why did God make all things ? A. For his own Glory, Vrov. xvi. 4. The Lord hath made all things for himfelf : yea even the wicked for the day of evil, Rom. ix. 20. Nay but, Man % who art thou that repliefl againft God ? jhall the thing formed fay to him that jormed it 9 why haft thou made me thus ? Qj What The] suras Tbeoloycus. 267 O. What follows from hence ? A. 1. That God is the Lord ot Holts, Gen. 11. 1. Thm the heavens and the earth were finijhed, and aft the Hoft of them. Acts xvii. 24; God that made the World, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands. 2. That we ought to admire and praife him, Pfal. cxlviii. 5, 6". Let them praife the name of the Lord: For he commanded and they were created. He hath alfo eftabliflied them for ever and ever ; He hath made a Decree which fliall not pap. Apoc- iv. 1 I. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Glory and Honour and Power : for thou haft created all things, and for thy Pleafure they are and were created. 2. Obey and ferve him, 1 Cor.vi. 10. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, andinyourfpirit, which are God's. Pfal.xcv. 6. O come, let us workup and bow down : Let m kneel before the Lord our AljJter. C2- Doth God ftill uphold the World ? A. Yes, Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his perfon, and uphold- ing all things by the word 0}' his power, when he had by himfelf purged our Sins, fat down on the right hand of the Majefly on high. Acts xvii. 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being ', as certain alfo of your own Poets have J aid, for we are alfo his Of-fpring. Rom« si. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him are all things; to whom be olory for ever. Amen. Q^ Doth he alfo order all things ? A* Yes, Fph. i. 1 1 . In whom alfo we have obtain- ed an Inheritance, being predefiinated according to the furpofe of him who worketh all things after the Councel of his own Will. Johnv. 17. But Jefa atifwcred them^ my Father worketh hitherto, and 1 work. J^Can 268 TkefaurusTheologicas* Q Can nothing happen without his Providence ? A. No, Mat. x. 29, 30. Are not two Sparrows fold for a farthing f and one of them full not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very Hairs of your Hpad are all numbred. Prov. xvi. 33. The lot is cafl into the lap • but the whole difpofing thereof is of the Lord. Exod. xxi. 1 3. And if a Man lie not in wait, but Cod deliver him into his band, then 1 will appoint thee a place whither he foallfle?. Deut. xix. 4, 5. And this is the cafe of the flayer which flail flee thither that he may live • Whofo killeth his Neighbour ignorant ly. whom he hated not in timepafl, as when a Man goeth into the Wood with his Neighbour, to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth aftroke with the Ax to cut down the Tree, and the Head flippeth from the Helve, and Ughteth upon his Neighbour that he die \ he fliall flee unto one of thofe Cities^ and live* £>. What life is to be made of this ? A. 1 . To thank God for all things we have, 1 fhef V. 18. In every thing ?ive thanks : for this is the will of Cod in Chrifi Jefus concerning you. 2. Tofubmit to his Will, 1 Sam. iii. 1$. And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he faid, it is the Lord : let him do what feemeth him good. Job i. 21. And Job faid, Naked came I out of my Mother's womb, and naked {liall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; Bleffe d be the name of the Lord. 3. To love and pleafe him, Rem. viii. 28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the exiled according to his purpofe= And in Jefus 2%. Who is he that is here called Jefus ? A. Our Saviour-. 3L- When 1 'he fa urns Theologicus . 269 ^. When' was this Name given him ? A. At his Circumcifion, Luke i. 3 1 . And behold, thou fralt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and fralt call bis name Jefus. Luke ii. 2 1 . And when eight days were accompli fed for the Circumcifing of the child, his name was called Jefus, which was fo named of the Angel before he was conceived in the womb. $, Why is he called fefiuJ A. Becaufe lie is our Saviour, Matth. i. 21. And frc Jhall bring forth a Son, and thou fralt call his Name J? fas, For he frail fave his People from their Sins. «n^. Is he our only Saviour ? A. Yes, Acts ir. 12. Neither is there Salvation in any other, for there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we mufl be faved. I Tim. ii. 5. For there is one God, and one Mediator between Cod and Men, the A4an Chrift Jefus. Q. Is he able to fove us all ? A. Yes, Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able alfb to fave them to the utter mo ft, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever hveth to make Iniercejfion for thcr::. John V. 17- But Jefus anfwered them, my Father worketh hitherto, and J work. §L. Why is he alone able to do it ? A. Becaufe he only is both God and Man, Mat. i. 23. Behold a Virgin frail be with Child, and frail bring forth a Son, and they frail call his Name Em- manuel, which being- interpreted^ is God with us. $L. What life is to be made of this ? A. 1 . Hence we are to trull in him only for Sal- vation and all things necefiary to it, Alls v. 3 1 . Him bath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give Repent anct to Ifrael, and Forgivenefs of Sins. 2. We 270 Thefaurus Theologictts. li We fhould love and honour him, Mat. x. 37. He that loveth Father or Mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth Son or Daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 1 Cor. xvi. 2.2. If any Man love not the Lord Jefrs Chrift, let him be anathema , mar an at ha, Chrift £. Why is Jefus called Chrift? A. Becaufe he was anointed Meffiah, Dan. ix< 25, 26*. Know therefore and underftand, that from the going forth of the Commandment to reftore and to build Jerufalem, unto the Me (fi ah the Prince, jhallbe feven Weeks -, and threcfcore anj two Weeks the Street fljail be built again, and the Wall, even in troublous times ; and after threefcore and two Weeks fiiall Meffiah be cutoff, but not for him f elf, John 1.41. He fir ft fin d- eth his own Brother Simon, and faith unto him We have found the 2Meffias, which u; being interpreted, the Chrift. ^_What was he anointed with? A. The Holy Spirit, ABs x. 38. God anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy Choft, and with Power ; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppreffed of the Devil : for God was with him. XJ^Why? A. To be a Prophet, Prieft, and King ; all which, none but he ever was. Q^ Why was he anointed a Prophet ? A. To make known God's Will to us, IfaiAxli. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, becaufe the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath fent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim Liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the Prifon to them that are bound, Luc. iv. 1 8. The Spirit Thefaurus Theologicus. 271 Spirit of the Lord is upon me, bccanfe he hath anointed me to preach the Gofpel to the poor, he hath fent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of fight to the blind, to fet at liberty them that are bruifed. Acts iii. 21. For Mofes trtdy faid unto the Fathers, a Prophet Jhall the Lord your Cod raife up unto you, of your Brethren ike unto me; him fliall ye hear in all things what for- ever he fliall fay unto you. Deut. viii. 15. The Lord thy God will raife up unto thee a Prophet from the midfl of thee, of thy Brethren, like unto mc • unto him ye fia/l hearken. ' -£. WhyaPrieft? A. To make Atonement and Interceffion for us Heb.vii.24,25. But this man, becaufc he continued ever, hath an unchangeable Vrieflhood. Wherefore he is able alfo tofave them to the utttrmofl, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make inter- cejjion for them. Q, Why a King? Pfalm ii. 26.. The Kincrs of the earth fet themfelves, and the Rulers take cancel to get her again fl the Lord and again ft his anointed Ver. 6. Tet have I fet my King upon my holy hill o : Zion? J J A. To rule, govern and reward us, Afts v 2 1 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to 'be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give Repentance to Jfrael and forgivenefs of Sins. Matt, xxviii. 1 8, 20 And Jejm came, and fpake unto them, faying All power t* given unto me in heaven and tn earth. Teachina them to objerve all things whatfoever I have t mandedyou: and lo, lam with you alway even to the end of the World. Amen, * com- un- ite 272 Thefauras Theologicus. His onlv Son 4L Whofe Son is he ? A. God's, 1 John y. 5. Who is he that overcometh the World, but he that believeth that Jefus is the Son of God. Q. Why his only Son ? A. Becaufe the only begotten, John 111.16. For Gcdfo loved the world, that he cave his only be f often Son, that whofoever believeth in him JJiould not pe- rifl}, but have everlafling life. John V. 26. For as the Father hath life in himfelf, fo hath he given to the Son to have life in himfelf. §>. If begotten of God he is God too, how doth that appear ? A. John i. 1 . In the beginning -was the Word i and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Rom. IX. 5. Whofe are the Father's, and of whom as concerning thefiejJj Chrifi came, who is over all, God bleffed for ever, Amen. Ifai. ix. 6. For unto us a Child is bom, unto us a Son is given, and the govern- ment pall be upon his Shoulder : and his name jhall be called, Wonderful, Councellor, the mighty God^ the everla^ing Father, the Prince of Peace. Q. Is he then equal to the Father ? A. Yes. Phil, ii 6. Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God. John X. 30. / and my Father are one. §>. Muft we then honour and worfhip the Son as we do the Father ? A. Yes. John V. 23. That all men Jhould honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father, which hath fent him. Heb. i. 6. And again, when he bring- eth in the fir ft beootten into the world, he faith, and let All the j&tocls of God worfljip him. & & What Thefaurus Theolo^rus. 275 (K What follows from hence? A. i- That we fhould admi'c God's love to us, I J hi iv. 9, 1 c. Imhis was manifefled the love of Cod towards w, becaitje that Cod fent his only begotten Son into the World, that we might live thy o'.'gij him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved ur, and [cr.t his fon to be the Pro- pitiation for o.'. Why the Lord in that fenfe ? A. Becaufe he gives Being to all things, John'u 13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the fle(h, nor of the will of man, but of God, Q, Is he not Lord alfo as Man ? A. Yes, Rom. xiv. 9. For to tins end Chrifl both died, and rofe, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Eph. i. 20^ 21. Which he wrought in Chrift, when he raifed him from the dead, and fet him at his Vol. I. T wn 274 TheJaurusTheologhus. own right hand in the heavenly places : Far above all principality, and power, and might, and domini- on, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but alfo in that which is to come* A&s X* 36. "The word which God fent unto the Children of Jfrael, preaching peace by Jefus Chrift, he i* Lord of all, £\ Why our Lord ? A. Not only by Creation, but Redemption^. John xx. 28* But Thomas anfwered and [aid, my Lord and my God, 1 Cor„vii. 22, 23* For he that is called in the Lord, being a fervant, is the Lord's freeman : like-wife alfo he that is called being free, is Chrifs Servant* Te are bought with a price, be not ye the Servants of men, John x'lii. 13. Te call me Mafler and Lord : and ye fay well ; for fo I am. ' £h What follows from hence ? A. 1. That we worlhip him, Phil. ii. 9, io? tls Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalt eel him, and given him a name which is above every name ' 7 that at the name of Jefus every knee fbalt bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And that every Tongue jlwuld confefsj that Jefus Chrifi is Lord, to the glo- ry of God the Father, Heb. i. 6. And again y when he bringeth the fir ft begotten into the World y he faith, and let all the Angels of God worfoip him. 2* Serve him D Rom. svi. 18. For they that are fuch, ferve not our Lord Jefus Chrift, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair fpeeches deceive the Hearts of the fimple, 1 Cor. vi. 2G. Tor ye are bought with a price : therefore glori- fie God in your body, and in your Spirit, which arc God's, Luke vi. 46% And why call ye me Lord, llifaurus Tbtolfgicus. 275 Lord , Lord , And do not the things which 1 fa f 3. Pray and truft on him, Rom. x. 11, 13. For there is no difference between the Jew and the C c,k : For the fame Lord over all, is rich unto all th.it 'call upoj him. For whofoever foall call upon the Name of the Lord foal I be faved. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft., Born of the Virgin Mary. Q. How do ye prove he was fo conceived ? A. Lnkc i. 25. And the Angel an f veered and I aid unto her, The Holy Ghofl jhall come upon thee, and the power of the highefl foall overfoadow thee ; therefore alfo that holy thing which (1). til be born of thee, foall be called the Son of God. Matth. i. 20. But while he thought on theje things, behold the Anoel of the Lord appeared unto him in a Dream, faying, Jjfeph thou Son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy Wife : for that which is con- ceiv^d in her is of the Holy Ghofl. Q. Why was that necefTary ? A. That he might be without Sin, Heb. vii. 16. For fitch an Hgh Priefl became us, who is holy, harmlefs, undefded, federate from Sinners, and made hioher than the Heavens. $>. How do ye prove that his Mother was 3 Virgin ? A. I fa. vii- 14. Therefore the Lord him f elf foall give you a fign, behold a Virgin foall conceive, and bear a Son, and (hall call his Name lmmanuel. Luke i. 34. Then faid Mary unto the Angel, how foall this be, feeing that 1 know not a Adan. Matth. i. 18, 25. Now the birth of Jejits Chrifl was on thts wife ; whenas his mother Mary was tip on fed to Jo- T 2 feph^ 2j6 Thefaurus Tbeologicus. feph, before they came together, (he was found with child of the Holy Ghofi. Verfe 95. And inew her not till jhe had brought forth her firfl born Son : and he called his Name Jefus. & Was he then truly Man 1 A. Yes, I Tim. ii- 5. For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Chrtfl Jefus. John i. 14. And the word was made flefj, and dwelt afnong tff i and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. ' Qz Was he one Perfon as God, and another as Man. A. No. One as both. Alls xx. 28. Take heed therefore unto your felves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghofi hath made you Overfeers to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchafed with his own blood. Q Why fo? A. If he was not Man, he could not have died at all. If he was not God his Death would have done us no good. Suffered under Pontius l y ilate y Q. How do ye prove that Chvifl was to fuf- A. Luke xxiv. 25,25. Then he f aid unto them, O Fool) and flow of heart, to believe all that the Prophets have fpoken. Ought not Chrifl to have fuffered thefe things, and to tntir into his Glory ? Gen. iii. [5. And 1 will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy feed and her feed, it fhall britife thy head, and thou fhalt bruife his heel, 4 What did he fufTer ? h* Hun- 'l'befaurusTheologicus. 277 A. Hunger and Thirft, Mat. iv. 2. And when he had fajted forty days and forty nights, he was af- terwards an hungred. Sorrow and Agonies, Mat, XXvi. 38* Then faith h unto tiling my foul is ex- ceedmg for row fit I even unto death, tarry ye here and watch with me. His Agony, Luke xxii. 44. And being in an Agony, he pruytd more e«rrieflly : and his J we at was as it were g> cut drop of blood falling down to the ground. Mark XV. 17, I 8, 1 9. And they do at he d him with purple, and platted a Crown of Thorns, And put it about his head, ani began to (Ante him, Had king of the Jews. And they fmoti him on the head with a reed, and did jpit upon him, and bow in o- their knees worflvpped him. $. Why did he fuffer ? A. For our Sins, If 4. liii. 5. But he was wound- ed for our Tranfgreffions, he was brut fed for our Ini- quities, the chafrifement of our Peace was upon him, and with his firtpes we are healed, 1 Pet. iii. I "8. For Chrifl alfo hath once fit jf ere d for fins, the j a ft for the unjuft ( that he might bring us to God ) being put to death in the flefli, but cjuickned by the Spirit. •I John ii. 1. And he is the propitiation for our Sins : and not for ours only, but alfo for the fins of the whole world. 2 Cor. V. 2 «. For he hath made him to be fin for us, who knew no fin ; that we might be made the Right eoufnefs of Cod in him. ^\ What Benefit was that to us? A. Our Sins are thereby pardoned, Eph. \. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgivenefs of fins, according to the riches of his grace. ' £• How fo ? A. Becaufe he fuffered in our Nature united to his Perfon, Alls XX. 28. Take heed therefore unto your felves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Chofi hath trade you Overfctrs, to feed the X 3 Church 278 Tbejaurus Theotogicus. C'Hirch of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himfelf a Ranfom for all to le tefiificd in due time. Under Vont'im Pilate, £>. Who was he ? A. Governor of Judea, Luke iii. r. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cefar, Ton- tins P'date being Governor of Judea, and Herod be- ing Tetr arch of Galilee, and his Brother Philip Te- trarch of Jturea, and of the Region of Trachonitis^ and Lyfanias the Tetr arch of Abiline* ^_. How came he to fufFer under him ? A. The Jews delivered him to him, Matth r xxvii. I, 2. When the morning was come, all the chief priefls and elders of the people took councel a- gainfl Jtfus to put him to death • and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the Governor. John xviii. 30, 31. They anfwered and faid unto himj If he were not a malefaclor we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then faid Pilate unto them, take ye him and judge him according to your law. The Jews there- fore faid unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death. Q, What did he do to him ? A> He acknowledged him innocent, and yet condemned him to die, Matth. xxvii. i^,i6*When Pilate faw that he could prevail nothings but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and wash- ed his hands before the multitude, faying, 1 am in- nocent of the blood of this juft perfon : fee ye to it. Then relcafed he Bar abbas unto them : and when he had feourged Jcfus, he delivered him to be cru- cified, . 3t Why Thefdurus Thtolojjcus. 279 ^ Why is his Name put into the Creed ? A. That we may know the Time when Chi i(t futfered, Gal. IV. 4. But when the f nine ft of the time was come. Cod fent forth his Son made of * Woman, made under the Lavr. £. Why did he differ under bim that was a Ro- man : A- That the Scriptures might be fulfilled, Pf. XXii- 16. For dogs have compaffed me, the affembly of the wicked have inclofed me : they pierced my hands and my feet. Zach. lii- 10. And I will four upon the houfe of David, and upon the inhabi- tants of Jerufalem, the f pint of grace and of fnp- plications, and they frail look upon me whom they have pierced, and they (liall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only [on, and frail be in bitternefs for him as one that is in bitternefs for his fir fi born. Numb. XXi. 9. And Mofes made a ferpent of brafs and put it upon a pole, and it came to pafs, that if a Serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the Serpent of Brafs, he lived. John ill 14- And us Mofes hfted up the Serpent m the Wilder nefs^ , What was that? ; A. They faftcn'd his Body to a Crofs, with Nails drove through his Hands and Feet, Pfal. xxii. 16. For dogs have compaffed me, the affembly of the wicked b#ve enclofed me : they pieced my J X 4 Hands 280 Thefaurus Theologicus. Hands and my Feet. Matth. xxvii. 35. And they crucified him^ and parted his garment S) caflina lots : that it might be fulfilled which was fpoken by the Prophet^ They parted my Garments amor* them, and upon my Vifiure did they cafl lots* Zech- xii. 1 o. And 1" will pour upon the houfe of David) and up- on the inhabitants of Jerufalem the fpirit of Grace and of SuppUcatious^ and tbty (I: all look upon me whom they have pierced) and they fliall mourn for him as one moumcth for his only fon^ and fhall be in bit t erne fs for him as one that is in bitternefs for his firft-bom. John XIX. 34. And one of the Sol- diers with a [pear pierced ' his fidC) and forthwith came there out blood and water* 4L Why fo ? $. That he might redeem us from the Curfe of the Law, Deut . xxi. 23. His body jha/l not remain all night upon the tree y but thou flialt in any wife bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accurfed of God ) that thy land be not cefiled which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an Inheritance. Gal. iii. *13. Chrijt hath redeemed us from the curfe of the LaW) being made a curfe for us : For it is written) curfe d is every one that hangeth on a Tree. ^. How long did he hang ? A. Three Hours, Luke xxii. 44. And it was about the Jixth hour) and { there was darknefs over all the earthy until the ninth hour. Mark XV. I p. And when the Centurion which flood over againfi him- faw that he fo cried out) and gave up the Ghofi) he f aid) Truly this man was the Son of Ghofi. During which time he prayed, Luke xxiii.24. Then faid Jcfui) Father ) forgive them) for they know not what thy do\ and they parted his raiment and cafi Lots. ' Converted the Thief, Verfe ^. Andjefa [aid unto him, verily J fay unto thee^ to day ft alt thou Thefdurus ThtoUgficus. 28 1 thou be with me in Paradife. Said to his Mo- ther, John xix. 16. When J efts therefore faw his mother and the Difciple ftanding by, whom he loved, he faith unto his Mother, Woman behold thy fon. 4>. How do ye prove he dyed ? A. Luke xxiii. 46. And whin Jcfus had cryed with a loud voice, he faid, Father into thy hands 1 commend my fpirit y and having fiid thus he gave up the Ghofl. John XX. 30. When Jcfus therefore had received the Vineaar, he faid it is finiflied: and he bowed his head and gave up the Ghofl. Matth. xxvii. 50. Jcfus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the Ghojt. Mark XV. 37. And Jcfus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the Ghofl. 3L Why did he die? A. For us, Rom. v* 8* But, God commendeth his h>ve towards us, in that while we were yet Sinners Cbrift died for us. I Cor. XV. 3. For J delivered unto you firfi of all, that which J alfo received, how that Chrifl died for our Sins, according to the Scriptures, lfai. liii. 6. All we like fieep have qone afiray : we have turned every one to his own 'way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of its all. §>. What Benefit is that to us? A. We are thereby reconciled to God, Rom. V« I O. For if when we were Enemies we were recon- ciled to God by the Death of his Son : much more being reconciled, we fliall be faved by his Life. Mat. XX. 28. Even as the fon of man came not to be mini- fired unto, but to minifler, and to give his life a ran- fom for many, 1 John ii. 1. And he is the propiti- ation for our fins , and not for ours only, but alfo for the fas of the whole world* 1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave 282 Tbefaurus Theologicas. gave himfelf a ranfom for all, to be tcftified in dm time. And buried : He defcended into Hell, $. How do ye prove that it is necefTai y to be- lieve that Chrift was buried ? A. 1 Cor, XV. 3, 4. For J delivered unto yon fir ft of all, that which J ajfo received, how that Chrift died for oar (ins, according to the fcriptures. And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day according to the fcriptures. $. Why buried? A. That we may be fure he was really dead. ^. Who buried hira? A. Jofeph of Arimathea and Ncodemtu, John XlZ. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. And after this Jofeph of Arimathea, ( being a Difciple of Jefus, but fc- cretly for fear of the Jews) be fought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jefus ; and Pilate gave him have: He came therefore and took the Body of Jefus. And there came alfo Nicodemus ( which at the fir ft came to $e[us by night ) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred found weight. Then took they the body of Jcfus, and wound it in linen cloaths, with the fpices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a gar- den ; and in the garden a new fepulcbre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jefus there- fore, becaufe of the Jews preparation day, for the fepulcbre was nigh at hand. I fa. liii. 49. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, becaufe he had done no violence^ neither was any deceit in his mouth* £>. How Thefaurus Thtologicus. 28? ^.. How do you prove he defcended into Hell? A. Pfal. xvi. 10. For thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hdl ; neither wilt thou fiijfcr thine holy one to fee corruption. Adtsii.2^. For David fpeaketh concern- ing him, J forefaw the Lord always before my face, jor he is on my right hand that J Jhouldnot be moved. A&S xiii. 3^. Wherefore he faith aljo in another Tfalm, thou fljalt not fuffer thine holy one to fee cor- ruption. £>. Did he fuffer any pain there? A. No, Heb. ix. 28. So Chnfl was once offered to bear the fins of many, and unto them that look for him (hall he appear the fecond time, without fin nnto Sal- vation. £K Did he go to deliver the Souls there ? A. No. The bad are never delivered, the good were never there, Luke xvi. 22. 23. And it came to pafs that the beggar died, and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bofom : The rich man alfo died and was buried. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and feeth Abraham afar off, and Laza- rus in his bofom. Enoch. Elijah. 1 Pet, ill. 18, 19. For Chrift alfo hath once fuffer ed for fins, the jufi for the unjnfl, ( that he might bring us to God) being put to death in the fiefh, but quickned by the Spirit, by which alfo he went and preached unto the Spirits m Vrifon. §1 Why then? Legem monitor urn fervare* Ire- naeus. A. We are not certain from Scripture of any other end j Chrifins inferos adiit ne nos adiremus. Tertull. The 284 Thejaurus Tleologkus. The third Day he rofe again from the Dead. £K In what fenfe did he rife again ? A. He became alive again of himfelf, Mattb. XXviii. 5, 6, 7. And the Angel anfwered and [aid unto the woman, Fear not ye ; For I know that ye feeh Jefus, which was crucified. He is not here, for he is rifen, as he [aid : come, fee the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell his Difciples that he is rifen from the dead • and behold he goeth before you into Galilee, there fhall ye fee him, lo I have told you. Luke ixiv. 5. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they faid unto them, why feeh. ye the living among the dead. John X. 17, 18. Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe 1 lay down my life, that I might take it again : No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my [elf : J have power to lay it down, and 1 have power to take it again ; this commandment have I received from my Father* Q. Bow do ye prove that it was the fame Per- fon? A. John ix. 27, 28. Then faith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrufl it into my fide, and be not fait hie fs, but believing -, And Thomas anfwered^ and faid unto him, My Lord and my God. Q. How that he rofe again the third Day ? A. Luke XXIV. 7. The Son of man mufi be deli- vered into the hands of finful mtn, and be crucified^ and the third dtty rife again, I Cor. XV. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day H according to the Scriptures. & How ThtJAtirus Thtologicus. 285" ^ How could that be, feeing he lay but one whole day. A. Becaufe he lay the parts of two days, Friday and Sunday* Q^ What day of the Week did he rife again ? A. The firft Day, Mstt. xxviii. 1. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the firft day of the week, came Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary, to fee the Sepulchre. Mark xvi. 2. And very early in the morning, the firft day of the week, they came unto the Sepulchre at the rifing of the Sun. Thence called the Lord's Day ; Revel, i. 10. I was in the Sprit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet* Q. Why did he rife again? A. For our Juftification, Rom. iv. 25. Who wot deliver td for our offences, and was raifed again for our juftification. Ads iii. 16. Vnto you firft, Cod having raifed up his Son J'fus, fent him to blefs you, in turning away every one of you from his ini- quity. He afcended into Heaven. Q. What is that ? A. His Soul and Body were taken up into Hea- ven, John vi. 61. What and if ye jhall fee the Son of Man afcend up where he was before. John iii. I 3. And no man hath afcended up to Heaven but he that came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man which is in Heaven. 3L. How doth that appear ? A. Luke xxiv. 50, $!• And he led them out as far as to Bethany : and he lift up his hand, and bit ' fi- fed them. And it came to paf< i while he blefft d them, he 286 Thefaurus Tkeologicus. he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven A&s i. 9. And -when he had fpoken thefe things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a, cloud re- ceived him out of their fight. Q. How do ye prove that he went up as high as Heaven ? A. A&si. 10, II. And while they looked fled/aft- ly toward Heaven, as he went up, behold two men flood by them in white apparel, which alfofaid, ye men of Galilee, why ft and ye gazjrig up into Heaven f This fame Jefus which is taken up from you into Heaven^ fhall fo come, in like manner as ye have fetn him go into Heaven. Q^ How long was it after his Refurre&ion before he afcended ? A. Forty days, Acls\.^. To whom alfohefhew* ed himfelf alive after his pajfion, by many infallible proofs, being feen of them forty days, and fpeaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. Q^ Why did he afcend into Heaven ? A. That he might give us his Holy Spirit from thence, and apply the merits of his Death to us, Tfal. lxviii. 1 8. Thou haft afcended on high, thou haft led captivity captive, thou haft received gifts for men ', yea for the Rebellious alfo, that the Lord God might dwell among men. Eph. iv. 7, 8. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the mea- fure of the gift ofChrift ', wherefore he faith, when he afcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. John xvi. 7. Neverthelef, 1 tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the comforter will not come un- to you^ but if I depart 1 will fend him unto you» John XIV. 1, 1. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe alfo in me. In my Father's houfe are many manftons : if it were not jo, I would have Thejaurus Thtologicus. 287 have told you : I go to prepare a place for you. Heb. ix. 24. For Chnft is not entred into the holy pi tees made with hands, which are the figures of the true ; but into heaven it felf, novo to appear in the pre- fence of God for hi. And fitteth on the Right Hand of Cod the Father Almighty. Q. How do ye prove that ? A. Markxvi. 19. So then after the Lord hud fpoken unto them, he was received up into heaven and fat on the right hand of God. Pfal.cx. I. The Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou at my right hand until J make thine enemies thy foot ft 00! . A&S ii. 34. For David is not afcendedinto the heavens : but he faith himfelf, The Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou on my right hand, Rom. viii. 34. Who is he that cov- demneth, it is Chrifl that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who rnaketh alfo inter ceffion for us. Q^ What is meant by his fitting or being at the Right Hand of God ? A.His beingadvanccd to the higheft Honour and Power over all things, Matth. xxvi.64. Jefm faith unto him, thou haft laid i nevcrthelefs 1 fay unto you, hereafter flail yc fee the Son of man fitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds ofhea- vtn. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Who ts gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, Anqels and Authorities and Powers being made fubjett unto him. Eph. i. 20, 21, 22. Which he wrought in Chrift when he raifed him from the dead, and fet him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all prin- cipality, and Power, and Alight, and Dominion, and tvery 288 Tbefattrus Tkeotogicus, every name that is named, not only in this World, but alfo in that which is to come • and hath put all things under his feet, and (rave him to be the head over all things^ to the Church. Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore Cod alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name. & What doth he there? A. Make interceffion for us, Rom. viii- 34. Who is he that condemneth, it is Chrifi that died, yea rather rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us. 1 John ii. 1. My little Children, thefe things write J unto you, that ye fin not, and if any man fin, we have an advocate with the Father, $cfus Chrifi the righteous. Keb. vi. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the utter- mofl that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for us. \ Tim. ii. 5. tor there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Chrifi Jefus. John XIV. 13. And what foe- I'er ye ftall ask in my Name, that will J do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Q. Why is the Father Almighty here added ? A. To fhew that Chrift can now do what he Will for US, Matth. Xxviii. i8» And Jcfus came, and fpake unto them, faying^ all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. John X. 29. My Fa- ther which gave them me, is greater then all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. Aftsv. 3I» Him h4th God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give Repentance to Ifrael, and forgivenefs of fins. Q- What follows hence ? A^ 1. That we truft on him, Rom.x Hi. 33,38, 39. Who fljall lay any thing to the charge of God's eltcl? h is God that jujlifieth. For 1 am perfwaded that Tbefntrsi* Theolo?jcus. 289 that neither death , nor life , nor awls, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things prrfent, nor things to come, nor height, nor dtptb, nor any 0. ther creature, fall be able to fe par ate us from the love of God, which is in Chrift Jefis our Lord. 2. And Worfhip him, John y. 22, 23. For the Father judge th no man • but hath aommittcd all judgment unto the Son • that all men fauld honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Fa- ther which hath fent htm. Hcb. i. 6. And a*ain when he brmgeth in the fir ft begotten into the World he faith, and let all the Angels of God worflnp him. J r From thence he fhall come to judge the quick and the dead.' $. From whence will he come ? A. From Heaven, Jtls ifo 20,21. An I he fall Jend Jefus Chrift, which before was preach- ed unto you: Who the heaven tnuft receive un- til the time of reftitution of all things, which God hath fpoken by the Mouth of all his holy Prophets jince the World began. r <*£. How do ye prove that ? A. Afts i. 11. Te men of Galilee, why (land ye gazing up into heaven, this fame Jefus which is taken up from you into heaven, fall fo come in like manner as ye have feen him 00 into "heaven Phil. ill.. 20. For our convention is in heaven from whence aljo we look for the Saviour, the lord Jefus i,on(t. J Vol. I. U 4How 2 90 Thefanrus Theologicus* Q. How will he come ? A. With the Holy Angels attending him ? Matth. XXV. 31. When the Son of Man Jhall come in his glory with all the holy Angels with him, then Jlja/l he Jit upon the Throne of his glory. I TheiT. iv. 1 6. For the Lord himfelf Jliatl de- scend from heaven with a Jliout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Chrifi Jhall rife firjl. 2 TheiT* j. 7. And to you who are troubled, reft with us, when the Lord Jefus Jhall be revealed from heaven, with his mighty Angels. Matth« xxvi. 64. Jefus faith unto him, Thou haft faid : Ne- "Vertbelefs , / fay unto you, hereafter jhall ye fee the Son of Man fitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of hea- ven. Q What (hall they do ? A. Gather his Eledt and all Mankind be- fore him, Matth. xxiv. 31. And he fjall fend his Angels with a great found of a Trumpet, and they Jhall gather together his eletl from tho four winds, from one end of heaven to the other Matth. XXV. 32. And before him [Jjall be ga- thered alt Nations ; and he Jhall feparate them one from another, as a Jljepherd divideth his fheep from t be goats. & What will he then do? A. Judge all, 2 Cor. V. 10. For we mufi all appear before the Judgment •'feat of Chrifi; that every one may receive the things done in his body, accor diner to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Matth. XXV. 34, 41, 46. Then Jhall the Kino fay unto them on his right hand, come ye bUffed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundati- on Thtjsurus Thtolojjcus. 291 on of the World. Then (hall he fay unto them on the left hand y Depart from wr, ye cur fed, into everlaftino fire, prepared for the Devil and his An- gels. And thefe (I) all go away into everlafting pu~ niflimcnt : bat the riahteous into life eternal. A&S X. 42. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftifie that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. C^Who are tlie quick and dead ? A. They who fliall be then alive, and all that were before dead, iThejf. iv. 15, 15, 17. For this we fay unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive, arid remain unto the coming of the Lord, (J)all not prevent them which are afeep. For the Lord himfelf frail defend from Heaven with a front, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Chrift fjall rife firfi. Then we which are alive and remain, frail be cauaht up to- gether with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and fo fliall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Cor. IV. 51. Behold, I frcw you a My fie- ry , we frail not all fleep, but we frail all be changed. I believe in the Holy Ghoft. ^What do ye mean by the Holy Ghoft:? A. The third Perfon ^n the Holy Trinity. Matth. xiviii. 19. Go ye^therefore and teach all Nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. The Grace of the Lord Jejju Chrift, and the Love of God, and the Commu- U 2 nion 292 Thefaurus Tbeoiogicus, mm of the Holy Ghoft, he with you ail, A- men. $. Why called a Ghoft ? A. That is a Spirit, Johniv.24.. Cod is a Spirit , and they that worfliip him, muft worfup him in fpirit and in truth. 4j. Why Holy ? A. Becaufe the Fountain and Author of Ho- linefs in us, I Cor. vi. 11. And fuch were fame of you : but ye are wafted t but ye are fanftified, but ye are juftified in the name of the Lord Je- fus, and by the Spirit* of our God. Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of rirhteoufnefs which we have done , but according to his mercy he faved us,, by the xoafnng oj regeneration, and renewing of the Ho- ly Ghoft. John iii. 5, 6. Jefus anfwered r veri- ly^ verily y I fay unto thee, except a man be born of water, and of the fpirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is bom of the flefl) y is fief), and that which is bom of the fpirit, is fpirit, ££. How do ye prove him to be God? A* Ads V. 3, 4. But Peter faid y Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart, to lie to the Holy Ghofi, and to hep back part of the price of the land ; whiles it remained, was it not thine own, and after it was fold, was it not in thine own power ', why haft thou conceived this thing in thine heart, thou haft not lied unto men but unto God. 1 Cor. iii. \6. Know ye not that ye are the tem- ple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. Matth. xii. 31. Wherefore 1 fay unto you, all manner of fin and blafphemy fiiall be forgiven unto men : but the blafphemy againfi the Holy Ghoft fliall not be forgiven unto mem $>. From Thef auras Theologuus. 293 £L- From whom doth he proceed ? A. 1. From the Father, John w. 16. But when the Comforter is come, whom 1 will fpend un- to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proccedeth from the Father, he fliall tcflify of me. 2. And of the Son, OmI. iv. 6- And becaufe ye are Sons, God hath fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Fa- ther. John XVL 14. He fliall glorify me: For he fhall receive of mine, and jhall Jhnv it unto yet/. ^. What is faid of him in the Nicene Creed ? A. I believe in the Holy Gholt, the Lord and Giver of Life, &c. Q. How do ye prove he fpake by the Pro- phets? A. 2 Pet. i. 21. For the Prophefy came not in old time by the will of man : but holy men of God fpake as they were moved by the Holy Ghoft. 2 Tim. ill- 1 6. All Scripture is given by infpirati- on of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for re- proof, for correction, for inflrutlion in right eoufnefs. Always with us. John xiv. 16, 26. And 1 will pray the Father, and he fliall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Rom. viii. 13, 14. For if ye live after the flefa ye [hall die ; but if ye through the Spirit do mor- tify the deeds of the Body, ye fliall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God^ they are the Sons of God. U 1 The 294 Thefattrus Tkeologicus. The Holy Catholick Church. Q What is the Church. A. The Congregation, or Company, or Bo- dy of a faithful People, Atls ii.415 42, 47. Then they that gladly received his Word were baptized: and the fame day were added unto them about three thoufand Souls, v. 42. And they continued fledfafily in the Apoflles dotlrine and fellowflnp, and in breaking of bread, and in Prayers, v. 47. Praiflng God^ and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the Church daily fuch as fhould be faved. According to the Proraife, Mat. $cvi. 18. And I fay alfo unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church : and the gates of Hell fhall not prevail againfl it. §>. Is there only one Church ? A. One made up of many, Eph. iv. 4, 5, 6. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one Faith, one Baptifm, one God and Father of all, who is above all , and through all , and in you all. Q^ Who is the Head of this Body ? A. Chrift only, Eph. i. 22, 23. And hath put all things under h:S feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church, which is his bo- dy, the fulnefs of him that fillet h all in all. Eph. ii. 20, 21. And are built upon the foundation of the Apofles and Prophets, Jefus Chrifi himfelf be- ing the chief corner-jlone. In whom all the Build- intr fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. James ii. 25. Likewtfe alfo 9 Was Thefaurus Thtologicus. 29 5 Was not Rabab the harlot jujlified by works, when fle had received the Meffetifers, and had [em them out another way. Q Why is the Church called Holy? A. Not that every Member is holy, Matth. xiii. 24, 30, 47, 49. Another Parable put he forth unto them, fiying, The Kingdom of Heaven is like- ned unto a man which fowed good feed in his field. Let both grow together until the harveft : and in the time of harveft, J will fay to the reapers, ga- ther ye together firft the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. Again the Kinqdom of Heaven is like unto a net that was cafl into the fea, and fathered of every kind. So flail it be at the end of the world : the Angels flail come forth 9 and fever the wicked from among the jufi. But the whole i Eph. v. 25, 16, 27. Husbands love your Wives even as Chrijt alfo loved the Church and gave himfelf for it ; that he might fantlify and cleanfe it with the wafling of water, by the word, That he might prefent it to himfelf a glo- rious Church, not having fpot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing ; but that it flould be holy and without blemifl. In its Inftitution, Defign, Profefiion, Office and End. Many fincerely holy here, 1 Pet. 11.9 But ye are a chofen Generation, a royal Prieflhood y an holy Nation , a peculiar People j that ye flwuld flew forth the praifes of him who hath called you out of darknefs into his marvellous light. Perfeft- -4y in Heaven, Heb. xii. 23. To the general affem- bly and church of the firfl.bom, which are written in heaven, and to Cod the Judge of all, and to the fjpirits of jufl men made perfeft. U 4 & Why 296 Thefaurus Tkeologicus. #• Why.Catholick or Univerfal ? A, Becaufe difperfed all over the World. Mat. XXVlll. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son } and of the Holy Ghofl. Mark xvi. 15. And faid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gofpel to every creature. Apoc. V. 9. And they fang a vevo fong, faying, Thou art wor- thy to take the book, and to open the Seals thereof, for thoH waft /lain, and haft redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and Nation. Q- Why needful to believe this? A . Alls ii. 4.7. Praijino- God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily fuch as f)ould be faved. The Comfmmion of the Saints. £?. What do ye mean by Saints. A, All that are Baptized, or in the Ghurch, are called to be Saints, Rom. i. 7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be Saints, grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jefus Chrift. 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath faved us 9 and called us with an holy calling, not accor- ding to our works, but according to his own pur- poje and or ace which, was given us in Chrift Jefus, before the* World began. 2 Tim. ii. 19. Neverthe- less the foundation of God ftandeth fure, having this fcal, the Lord knoweth them that are his -, and let every one that nameth the name of Chrift de- part from iniquity. They only are real Saints who perform their Baptifmal Vow, 2 Cor. vii. r. fiaving therefore thefe Tromifes ( dearly beloved ) let US The] aunts Thtologictts. zyj hs cleanfe our felvrs from all flltbinefs of the fleft and fprrit, perfetling holinefs in the fear of Cod, I Pet. i. Vhat 300 Tbej auras Theologicus. Ch What follows hence? A. That we Ihould labour to obtain forgivenefs of Sins, Pfal. XXXii. I . Blejfed is he whofe tranfgreffion is forgiven, whofe fin is covered. The Refurredion of the Body. ^ What is the meaning of that ? A. That the Bodies of all men that die fhall rife again to Life. 4J. Was this believed in the Old Teftament ? A. Yes, Job xix. 25, 16. For 1 know that my redeemer Uveth, and that he (hall jl and at the lat- ter day upon the earth • and though after my skin, worms deftroy this body, yet in my flcfr frail I fee God. Dan. xii. 2. And many of them that fleep in the dufi of the earth frail awake, fame to ever- lafiing Ufe, and fome to frame and everlafiing con- tempt. ^>. What Examples were then of it? A. The Widow of Zarephath\ Child, 1 Reg. Xvii. 21, 22. And he fir etched himfelf upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and faid, O L,ord my God, I pray thee let this child's foul come into him again. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, And the foul of the Child came into him again, and he revived. The Shuna- mite's Son, 2 "Reg, iv. 35. Then he returned and walked in the houfe to and fro^ aud went up and fir etched himfelf upon him: and the child nee fe d fe- ven times, and the child opened his eyes. Another, 2 Reg. xiii. 2. And it came to pafs as they were buryincr a man, that behold they (pied a band of tnen^ and they caft the man into the fepulchre of ^ Elifija ' y '1'l.tUurus Theolcgicus. -j©! £lifl)A ; and when the man was let down, and touch- ed the bones of Elifoa, he revived, and fiood uptm his feet. Q. What Proof in the new Teflamcnt ? A. i Cor. xv. 1 l, 201 Now if Chrifi be preach* ed that he rofe from the dead, how fay fame among- you, that there is no refnrrel~tion of the dead. But now is Chrifi rifen from the dead, and became the firfi fruits of them that flept. Matth. xxii, 31, 32. But as touching the refurretlion of the dead have ye not read that which was Jpoken unto you by Cod, faying I am the Cod of Abraham, and the Cod of Jfaac , and the God of Jacob f God is not the God of the dead, but o<~ the living-. J & Shall the fame Bodies arife ? A. Yes, John XX. 27. Then faith he to The mas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my bands and reach hither thy hand, and thrufi it into my fide, and be not faithlefi, but believing. Rom. viir. 1 r . But if the Spirit of him that raifed up Jefut from the dead dwell in you • he that raifed up Chrifi from the dead, fit all alfo quicken your moL tal bodies, by his Spirit that dwcllcth in you. Other- wife it is no Refurrection, John v. 28. Mar- vel not at this: for the hour is comina in t ^ e -which all that are in the Graves flmthear his voice. Q. Whofe Bodies dial] arife? A. All, 1 Cor. x v. 22. For as in Adam all die evenfo in Chrif} (J) all all be m.xde dive ' Qi Why (hall all rife? A. That they may be all judged 2 Cor. v. w For we mufi all appear before the judgment-feat of Chrfi- that every one may receive the things done fUhisboty according; to that he hath dorr, whether it SO 3 The f auras Theohgicns. H be good or bad. Matth. XXV. 32. And before him fh all be gathered all Nations : and he Jhatlfepa- rate them one from another, as a JJjepherd divide th his fheep from the goats. .£. What life of this ? A. To make us prepare for it, Atts xxiv. 15, 16. And have hope towards God, which they themfelves alfo allow, that there Jhall be a refurreclion of the dead, both of jufi and unjuft. Ver» 16. And herein do J exercife my felf to have always a confcience void of offence toward God i and toward men. And the Life everlafting. Q. What means that? A. That all men when rifen (hall live ever- laftingly ? Q. Where? A. In Hell or Heaven, Ban. xii. 2. And many of them that Jleep in the daft of the Earth jhall awake, fome to everlafting life, and fame to jhame and everlafting contempt. John V. 29. And (hall come forth, they that have done good, unto the refurreclion of life, and they that have done evil, unto the refurreclion of damnation, p. Who lhall live in Hell ? A. The unjuft and wicked, Rev. xxi. 8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and forcer ers, and idolators and all liars, jliall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brim ft one ; which is the fecond death. & Who Tbejdurus Theologicus. 30? >■ ■■ ■ ■ ■-■-■- — —I ■■ i-.i i. ■ ■■■■ ■ Ml ,—^ ^. Who will fend them thither? A. Chrift, Matth. XXV. 41. Then flail he fay alfo unto them on the left hand, depart from ye cur fed into evirlafling fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels. JfL What will they fufler ? A. The Wrath of God, 1 Theff. i. 10. An A to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he rai- fed from the dead, even J efts which deliver- ed us from the wrath to come, 2 Thefl! i. 9. Who pall be punifled with everlafling deftrutti- on from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. And the Terrors of a guilty Confcience, Mark ix. 44. Where their worm ditth not, and the fire is not quenched. Q^ Shall their Bodies too be tormented ? A. Yes, Matth. x. 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the foul • but ra- ther fear him which is able to deftroy both foul and bohy in hell. ^_. How long r A. Forever, Matth. xxv. 45. And thefe flail ao arv.iy into everlafling puniflment, but the righteous in- to life eternal. Dan. xii. 2. And many of them that fleep in the dufl of the earth pall awake, fome to ever- lafting life, and fome to flame and everlafling con- tempt. Q^ What mud we do then ? A. Watch, Mat k xiii. 37. And what J fay unf you, J fay unto all, watch. Life everlafting. 4>. Who fhall always live in Heaven? A. The Righteous, Matth. xxv. 46. And thefe flail go away into everlafting pntnflment j but the rifhteotti 304 thefaurus Thtologicas. * righteous into life eternal. Math. v. 20. For I fay unto you, that except your righteoufnefs Jhall exceed the rifhteoufnefs of the fcribes and phanfees, ye full in no cafe enter into the kingdom of heaven. Q. Who will fend them thither ? A. Chrift, Mat. xxv. 34. Then fhall the ling fay unto them on his right hand, come ye bleffed of my Fa. ther, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. i£. How will they live there ? A. In all Happinefs of Soul and Body. g. How in Body ? A. Glorious, 1 Cor. XV. 42. So alfo is the refur- retlion of the dead. It is fovon in corruption, it is raijed in incorrupt ion, &C. Phil. Hi. 21. Who (lull change our vile bodies, that it may befafnoned like unto his glorious body^ according to the working whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto himfelf ^ How in their Souls and whole Man ? A. Mat. xxii. 30. For in the refurreVtion they nei± thcr marry, nor are given in marraige -, but are as the Anoels of Cod in Heaven. 1. Free from all Trouble, Revel, xxi. 4. And God full wipe away all Tears from their eyes, and there full be no more death, neither forrow nor crying, nei- ther full there be any more pain; for the former things are paffed away. 2. Full of all Joy, Pfal. xvi. I J. Thou wilt fliew me the path of life : in thy pre fence is fulnefs of joy i at thy right hand there are pleafures for evermore. §>_. Whom will they live with ? A. 1. Angels and Saints, Attsxxv'i. 18. To open their eyes and to turn them from darknefs to light, and from the power of Satan unto Go>l, that they may receive foro-ivenefs of fins, and inheritance among them which are fanclifed by faith that is in me. 2. Clirilt, Thefaurus Theologicus. 30$ 2. Chrift, John xvii. 24. Father, J will that they alfo whom thou haft given me, be with me where J am ; that they may behold my glory which thou haft given me : for thou lovedfi me before the Foun- dation of the World. 3. God, I Cor. t'm. il. For now we fee throu&h a Glafs darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part } but then fljal! J know even at alfo 1 am Known. 1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the Sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we (hall be, but we know that when he jl)all appear, we ft) all be like him ', for we ftiall fee him as he is. Q What will they do? A. Praife God, Rev. vii. 10, 12. And they cry* ed with a loud voice, faying, Salvation to our God which (ittcth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb*, V. t 2. Saying, Amen : Blefting, and Glory, and Wifdom, and Thank/giving, and Honour, and Pow- er, and Might be unto our God for ever. Amen. Q. How long? A. For ever, I Pet.'i. 4. To an inheritance in- corruptible and undefled, and that fa del h not away y referved in Heaven for you. Q^ What muft we do for it ? A. Believe, John iii. \6. For God fo loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son i that whofoever believe th jn him, ftiould not penfl) but have everlafting life. Amen. Q. What doth Amen fignifie? A. Truth, TON 'D^ND, lf*\ Ixtf. \6> That hi trho bleffeth himfelf in the earthy ft ail blefs himfelf in the God of Truth, and he that fweareth in the earth, fhall fwear by the God of Truth ; becaufe the Vol. I. X former go6 Thef auras Thtologicm. former troubles Are forgot t en , and becaufe they are kid from mine eyes. 4- When ufed? A. After Prayers, Vent, xxvii. 15. Cur fed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image , an abomination to the Lord, the works of the hands •f the craftfman, and putteth it in a fecret place : and all the people pi all anfwer and fay, Amen. Neh.v. 13. Alfo 1 fhook my lap, and fatd, fo God fhake out every Man from his Houfe y and from his labour, that performeth not this promife, even thus be fhaken out, and emptied ', and all the Congrega- tion [aid, Amen, and prat fed the Lord ; And the people did dec or ding to this promife, 2. And Praifes, Neh. viiL 6. And Ezra bhffed the Lord the great God : and all the people anfwer ed y Amen^ Amen, with lifting up their hands: And they bowed their hcads^ and worfliipped the Lord with their faces t$ the ground. Pfal. Ixxxix. 52* Bleffed be the Lord for evermore, Amen, and Amen. Pfal. CVl. 48.' Blejfed be the Lord God of Jfrael from everlafiing to everlafiing^ and let ail the people fay Amen. Praife ye the Lord. Rev. vii. 1 2. Say- ing, Amen :' Blcffwg and glory, and wifdom, and thankfgiving, and honour, and power, and might be ftnto our God for ever and ever, Amen. Q\ What doth it fignifie there? A. So be it, Jer. xxviii. 6. The Prophet Jere- miah faid, Amen : The Lord do fo, the Lord per- form thy words which thou hafi prophefed, to bring again the Veffds of the Lord's houfe, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this Place, I Kings i. 36. And Iknaiah the Son of ^ehoiada anfwer ed the King, and faid, Amen : the Lord God of my Lord the King fay fo too. I Cor. XIV. \6. Elfe vshen thou {halt blefs with the Spirit, how jliall he that The/aunts Tbeo'ogtcus. ^oj that ocCHpyctb the room of the unlearned fay Amen at thy giving of thanks, feeing he underflandeth not what thou fay eft. yivofjo. ^. Whatelfc doth it fignify ? A. Truly, verily, fo it is, 'A/xLJ tlyi tfjur. Matl TVi. 21. Verily I fry unto you, there be fome J} and' ing here, which frail not tafle of Death, till they fee the Son of- Man coming in his Kingdom. 'AA«9«f, Luke ix. 27. But I tell you of A truth there be fome {landing here which frail not tafle of Death till they fee the Kingdom of God, 'Ay.lw, 'Afxbjj, Joh. lii. 3. Jefus anfwertd and faid unto him, Verily verily, I fay unto thee^ except a Man be born again he cannot fee the Kingdom of God. 'o 'A/x>V, of Chrift, Apoc. iii. 14. and unto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans, write thefe things faith the Amen, the faithful and true wit* nefs, the beginning of the creation of God. Tl >*), to the Gentiles. To«t'juW, to the Jews, 2 Cor. i. 20. For all the promifes of God in him and Tea, and in him Amen, unto the Glory of God by us. .£. Where thus ufed? A. At the end of the Gofpels and Creeds, as here; and in the Commination, where it is not cur fed is, but cur fed be, as Deuteronomy xxvii. from v. 15. to the end. X 2 Jo S H <* gog Thef auras Theologies. Josh. i. 8. This Book of the Law /ball not depart out of thy Mouthy but thou jbalt meditate there- in both Day and Night, la n^nv I T is God's Will and command that we lhould meditate on his Word. Cerii xgiv. 63. Pfal A. 2. Phil. iiL 20. I. What is Meditation ? A folemn and afFe&ionate confideration of what GOD hath recorded in the Holy Scriptures. Contemplation s acceffus duo font, units in intelletlu, alter in affeclri; urnis in famine , alter in fervor e \ unut in acejiiifitione, alter in devotione. Bernard. Medi* tatio eft mentis dilatatio. Aug. 1. It is a confideration, &c. 2. Solemn. 3. Affectionate, Col iii. 1, 3. II. What are thofe things in Scripture we' ought to meditate upon. 1. The Properties of GOD. 1. His Goodnefs, Pfal. cxlv.7,8,0. Mau v, 45- 2.. Power, Pfal. exxxv. 6. Pfal. xxxiii. 9* 3. Juftice, Pfal. xi. 7. 4. Mercy, Jfa.xxx. 18. 5. Omniprefence and Omnifcience, Pfal, exxxix. 6. Infinitenefs, Pfal. cxlvii. 5. 7. Eternity, 1 Tim. i. 17. Rev. i. 8. it* 2. The Thejaurus Theologicus. jocj 2. The works of GOD, Pfal. cxliit 5. Pfal t viii. 3. 1. Creation, Gen. i. t- 1. Out of nothing. 2. By his Word, Pfal. i. 48. 5. 2. Providence, Mat. x. 29, 30. 3. Redemption. 3. The Son of GOD. 1. GOD fo loved the World, &c. Johniiu \6. 2. There is no Name given, &c. Aft. iv. 12. 3. He is able to fave to the utmoft all thofe that come unto God by him, Hek vii. 25. 4. He was wounded for our Tranfgreflions, lfa. liii. 5. %. He is at the Right Hand of GOD, Col. ii\. 1. 4. The Law of G O D, Pfal. i. 2. 1. Our Duty to GOD, Mat. xxii. 36", 37. • 2. To Man, A/*r. xxii. 390 5. The Threatnings. 1. Ecclef.xi. 9. 2. £«)!* xiii. 3. 3. /Vov, i. 24, 25, 2£. 4. £te«r. xxviii. 1 5. 5. Mai. ii. 2. 6". Promifes. 1. Afar. xxi. 22. 2. Jofli. i. j. Heb. xiii. 5. jf/4. xliii. 2. 3. Pp/.xci. 3,4,5, 11. 4. ?/*/. lxxxiv. 11. 5. ^r.xxxi.33, 34. 6. ji&s xvi. 31. Assertions* 1. EccU i. 2. X 5 1. *«'*• gio Thefaurus Theologicus. 1. EeveL'iu. 19. Heh* x\\. 5, 3. Rom, viii. 28. 4. 6W. iii. 22. 5. 2 Cw. vi. 5. 3. His Works. 1. With Admiration, Pfal. viii. 5. 2. Praife, P/i/; cvii. 8, is, 21, 31. 3. His Son. 1. With 7 hefaftrus The alliens. 3 r 1 1. With Faith. 2. Love, Mat. $.37. 4. The Laws. 1. Confeffing their Juftice, Kom. vii. 12. 2. Dehre to obey them, /'/."//. fcjix. 5, 6, 5. Threatnings. With tear. 6. Promifes. With Faith. 7* Aflcrtions, believingly. II. Exhortation. Praftife this Duty. Conlider, 1. GOD commands it. 2. He knows whether we do it, Pfal.cxxxix. 2, 3. 3. Without it we can exertife no Grace. 1. Not Repentance. 2. Nor Faith in Chrift. 3. Nor Truft in GOD, Pfal. i\\ 10. 4. Nor Humility. 5. Nor Patience. 6. Nor Thankfulnefs, Job'i. 23, 2r. 7. Nor Heavenly-minded nefs, Col. iii. 1,2. 4. Without it we can perform no duty. 1. Not pray. 2. Nor hear. 3. Nor receive Sacraments. 4. Nor examine our felves. 5. Nor give Alms to the Poor. 5. Meditation will much deaden our Hearts to the World. 6. Support us under all Afflictions. 7. Be a means to conquer our Corruptions. 8. It will fortifie us againlt Temptations. $. Evidence our Intereft in Chrift, and Ti- tle to Heaven. X 4 10. It 5 12 Thefaurut Theologicus. 10. It will give us the foretafts of Heaven upon Earth. Directions. i. Read the Scriptures. 2. Frequent the Ordinances for the under- ftanding of them. 3. life frequent Ejaculations. 4. Retire from the World. 5. Keep your Hearts clafe to one Sub- |ed, Josh. xxiv. 1 5. But as for me and my Houfe we will ferve the Lord, .m.T JIN "OJN 'JTSI OKI I-TT7E ought to chufe the Lord Jehovah to V V be the G O D we ferve. 1. All acknowledge fome GOD. 2. AH ferve the GOD they acknowledge. 1. By fearing. 2. Loving. 3. Praying to him. 4. Sacrificing to him. %. Man by Nature knows neither, 1. The GOD he ought to ferve, Attsxvn.13, 2. Nor the fervice we ought to give him. 4. Hence moft err in Religion. 5. All err that do not ferve the Lord Jeho- vah. Becaufe, I. He made us. 3* Maintains us. 3. Purchafed us, 1 Cor. vi.20o Use Thefaurm Theologies* 31 j Use I. Reproof. 1 . To fuch as fcrve Satan. 2. The World. 3. Themfelves. 4. Their Sins and Lulls, fihnJbiu. Tit. Hi. 3. Use II. Serve God. Doctrine II. We fhould will and chufe the Service of God before all other things. 1. What is it to ferve God ? It implies our Employment, 1. Of Soul. 2. Of Body to his Glory. 1. Our Souls. 1. By admiring. 2. ■ Fearing. 3. ' Defiring. 4. Loving. 5. Trufting on him. 2. Our Bodies. 1. In praifing. 2. Acting for him. 2. How fhould we will this Service? 1. So as to prefer it. 2. Defire it. 3. Endeavour after it more than all things. 4. Continuing always in it to the utmoft of our Power. 3. Why ihouldwe will the Service of GOD fo? j. It is our Duty. 2. Our Happinefs. 1. Our Pleafure. 2. —Safety. 3. ■ Honour. 4. —Profit. 5. —Satisfaction. Use. 214 Thefaurus Theologicus. Use. Serve GOD above all things. Doctrine III. We fhould endeavour that our Families fhould alfo ferve GOD. 1. By giving them a good Example. 2. Good Inftru&ions. Use. Look to your Families. Confider GOD will call you to an account. i Sam. ii. 30. 'And they that defpife me , {hall be lightly efteemed. THEY that defpife GOD are defpicable in themfelves. I. What is it to defpife GOD? 1. To extol any thing above him in our Judgments. 1. To prefer any thing before him in our Affe&ions. II. How are they defpicable or contemptible ? If you confider, 1 . What contemptible Names they are cal- led by ? t. Fools, Prov.xlv. 9. and xxviii. 20". Eccl. v. 4. 2. Slaves. i« To Sin, Xom. vi. 17. 2 Pet. ii. 19. 2. Satan, zTim. ii. 16. 3. Sons of Belial, 1 S^.ii. ii.Targ. K»y»tsn IHDJI. Syr. j-^(j LUiia .aCW. xiii. 7. qs. Vy »% abfqtsejifg^ rather i>y* Thefaurm Tbeotogictu. 5 r sj by"'??* tbfqtte militate, nihili, im- tilis. 4. Children of the Devil, 1 John iii. 8. John viii. 44. 2. What contemptible things they are com- pared to. Reprobate Silver, Jer. vi. 30. Smoke, Pfa. xxxvii. 20. Stubble, Pfa. lxxxiii. 1 3. a barren Heath, Jer. xvii. 6. Dull, Pfa. i. 4. Dogs, Pfa. xxii. 16. Hogs, Matth. vii. 6*. 3. What contemptible BufineiTes they are employed about*, in Sin, the Devil's Drudgery. 4. What contemptible Pleafures they are delighted in : No other than the Plea- fures of Scnfe, which the Beafts enjoy as well as Man. Nos aper audit tt pr ace Hit aranea taElu^ Vidtur odor at h, lynx vifit, fimiagujin, 5. What contemptible things they are put off with ^ the things of this World, Pf. xvii. 14. Use. 1. Examinat. It behoves us to try, and know whether we be Defpifers of GOD or no. They defpife GOD who 1. Defpife his Son, Liihx. 16. 2. His Word, J fa. v. 24. 1. His Commands, Lev. xxvi. \$.Amos ii. 4. 2 Sam. xii. 9, 10. 2. His Promifes. 3. His Threatnings. 3. His Works, Jfa.v. 12. Pfa, xxviii. $. 4. His Ordinances. 5. His Minilters, Luke x. 16. 6". His gi6 Thefaurus Theologicus. 6. His Magiflrates, i Pet. ii. 10. Jud. 8. 7. His Mercies, ^«w. ii, 4. 8. His Judgments, Job. v. 17. Heh. xii, 5. 9. His Saints, 2 Tw». iii. 3. 10. His Favour. 11. His Spirit. 1 2. His Vicegerent, Confcience. 2 S am. xxiv. 14. Let us fall now into the Hand of the Lord. THE Hand of the Lord is in a peculiar man- ner feen in the Sicknefs. Or, It is the Hand of the Lord, and the Sword of the Lord, I Chron. xxi. 12. and Hand, Exod. ix. 3- I. Neg. Not as if it always came immediately from God, for he ufeth fecundary. 1. Supernatural Caufes. 1. Good Angels, v. 15, 16. 2 Paral. xxxii. 21. 2. Bad, fob ii. 7, 8. 2. Natural. II. Pof. But ftill it is in a peculiar manner from God. Ecce digitus Dei. As appears. 1. In the beginning from fuch various or no Caufes. 2. The Poyfonous Qualities of all forts. 3. Its Contagion, one not another, (bme- times rich fometimes poor. 4. Ef- Thefaurus Theologicus, 317 4. Effects it takes away fo many. Athens, fefpafian iogoo. Indies. Enfeb. 5. Its Attendants* 2. Why does God fend it ? for Sin. 1. The Pride of Superiors, 2 Sam. 24. 2. lnjuftice and Oppreflion, as in Egypt* 3. Contempt of the Word, Eztk. v. 11, 12. Use. What mull we do ? 1. Preservatives. 1. Common. 1. Repentance. 2. Faith. 3. A Refignation of our Wills to God's. 1 4. A ferious Confideration of the Mercy in God in all Judgments. 5. Live above the Fear of Death. 2. Special. 1. In the Morning. 1. Prayer. 2. Reading the Word, Pf.xc'u Vf t xxxi. 19. 3. Renewed A&sof Faith inChrilt 2. All Day- 1 . Trull in God's Promifes, Tf. xi. Rom. viii. 2. Frequent Ejaculations. 2 Cure of infetted. 1 . Look up to the Author. 2. Acknowledge his Juftice, and thy Sins. 3. Lay hold on Chrifr, and the Promifes. 4. Think much on the Power and Mercy of God. 5. Submit to bis Will and Pleafure. 6 Strengthen your felves with theThoughts of the Stiog of Death taken out by Chrift. J- Rsc. 318 Thefaurus Theologicus. 1 Reg. viii. 57, 38, 29. Ver. 3 7. If there be in the land famine , if there he peflilence, llafiing, mildew, locufts, or if there be caterpillar : if their enemy be- Jiege them in the land of their cities, whatfo- ever plague, whatfoever ficknefs there be : Ver. 58. What payer and application fo- ever he made by any man, or by all thy people lfraely which (ball know every man the plague of his own heart, and fpread forth his hands towards this houfe : Ver. 39. Then hear thou in heaven thf dwelling place, and forgive and do, and give every man according to his ways, whofe heart thou knoweft (for thou, even thou only knowefi the hearts of all the children of men, ) H ERE are, 1. Some thiags fuppofecL 2. Deflred. i* Suppofed. 1 . That a Land may lie under great Judg- ments from God •, and that, 2 Gfom vii. 13. 1. In Mercy to fome of the Land. 2. In Anger againft others. 2. That at fuch a time the People pray,^. 38. 1. That Tbefjuru* Tbtologicus. 319 1. That God would fan&ify. 2* And then remove them. 3. That they that do thus pray, fir ft know the Plague of their own Hearts. Where confider, I. What are we to underftand by the Plague of our own Hearts? Sin } which is like the Plague." 1 . In its Caufe. Sin, as the Plague, proceeds from Corruption. 2- Its Infection, Gal. v. 9. 3* Its Prevalency: It is Epidemical. 4. Its power in turning other Diieafes into it felf: So Sin makes all Actions Sin, Prov. xv. 8. and xxi. 27. Ifa. lxvi* 3. Trov. xxi. 4. 5. Its fad Effects. 1. The Plague diftempers the whole Bo- dy, Sin the Soul, J fa, i. 5,0". 2. The Plague flies up into the Head, and Sin makes mad, Jer. 1. 38. 3. The Plague ufually kills the Body, and Sin the Soul. 6. Its manner of Prevention. 1. By Purges or Catharticks, P/.Ii. 27. 2. By Antidotes. Antidotes againft Sin. 1. Prayer each Morning. 2. Carrying the Fear of GOD about with us all Day, Proi-.xxiii. 17. and xvi. 6. ?• Its manner of Cure. 1. By Sweats ^ Sin by Repentance. 2. Cordials j Sin by Faith. 1 1. How ftiould we know this Plague of our Hearts ? 1. So 320 Thefaurm Theologicus. «— — ~ ' *' ■*■—*■»—» -i 1 1 1. So as to be fenfible of it. 2. Acknowledge. 3. Be forry for it. 4. Make ufe of all means to prevent it. 1. Apply your felves to Chrift the Phy- fician, Luke v. 31, 32. 2. life his Remedies, Faith and Repen- tance. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9* And thou Solomon my Son, know thou the God of thy Father, and ferve him with a perfeff heart, and with a willing wind t for the Lord Jearcheth all hearts, and un- der ft andeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : // thou feek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forfake him, he will iafi thee off for ever, I.TTE that would ferve G O D uprightly, mufl jtl firft endeavour to know him perfe&ly : Or, a right Knowledge of GOD is neceflfary to our Performance of right Service to him. 1 . What of G O D mould we know ? 1. His Exiftence, Heb.-x.u6. 2. His EiTence, Exod. iii. 14. 3. His Perfons, 1 John v. 7. Mat. xxviii. 19. the Father, Chrift, the Son, Re- deemer, God-Man, the Holy Ghoit, the San&ifien 4. His Attributes. 5. His Works, of Creation, of Providence. 6. His Tkefattrus Theologicas. 321 6. His Word wherein, 1. Fundamental Truths, 2. Divine Precepts. 3. Precious Promifes. 4. Dreadful Threatnings. 2. How fhould we know this God ? 1. Clearly. 2. Diftin&ly. 3. Practically. 4. Experimentally. 3. Why fhould we know him in order to our ferving him ? Becaufe unlefs we know liim, 1. We cannot ferve him. 2. We will not ferve him. 3. We mull not ferve him. 1. We would not ferve him if we could. 2. We could not ferve him if we would, Heb. xi. 6. 3. We ought not to ferve him though weboth could and would, Prov» xxi- 4, 27. and xv. 8. Use I. Reproof. 1. Such as do not know him. 2. Such as do not defire to know him, Job xxi. 14. 3. Such as do not only not defire to know him, but defire not to know him. 4. Such as do pretend to defire, but do not endeavour to know him. II- Exhortation. 1. Labour to know him, and to frequent the Means to know him. 2. Teach him your Children and Servants.' Vol. I, Y 3. Ncv- 322 Thefdurus Theologies. 3. Never give over learning to know him, 'till you can ferve him with a perfect Heart and willing Mind. II. 'Tis a Chriltian's Duty not only to know GOD, but to ferve him with a perfect Heart and willing Mind. Kt? ^ 1. What is here mean byferving him ? 1. Our doing his Work, what he com- mands. 2. Oar therefore doing it becaufe he has commanded it, Epb. vi. 5, 6. 2. What by fervtng him with a per feci: Heart, Ecclcf.lx. 10. 1. Theutmoftof our ftrength. 2. The conftancy of our Endeavours al- ways at his work. 3. The Integrity of our Intentions in his Service. 3. What, by a willing Mind. 1. A defire of it, 2 Chron. xv. 15. Ifai. ■ xxvi. 8. 2. A love to it, Dent. xi. 1 3, 22. 3. A delight in it, Pfd. cxix. \6. Pfal. xl. 8. 4. Why fhould we ferve himfo? 1. Why ferve him? 1. Becaufe we are his Servants. 1. By Creation. 2. By Redemption, 1 Cor. vi. 2o, 3. By Covenant, Heb. viii. 10. 2. We feed daily upon him. 3* We only manage thofe Talents he hath entrufkd us with , Lukt xix. 13. 2. Why with a perfedt Heart and willing Mind. 1. Be- Tbefattrus Tbeologicus. 32? I. Becaufe he minds the Heart more than the Aft. And, 3. He accounts all other Service as no Service, Ifa. i. 1 1. and Ixvi. 3. Jer. vi. 20. 3. As diflervice to him, Prov. xxviii. 9. U s e I. Information. Hence I note, 1. The infinite Mercy of GOD in Chrift. 2. The great difficulty of Godlinefs and Chriftianity. 3. The high Dignity of godly Chriftians. IK Exhortation. Who will be GOD's Servants ? Confider, 1. Who it is you (hould ferve. 2. What Service he expefts, even perfect, free and true. 3. What Wages he proffers. 2 Paral. xxxv. 25. And Jeremiah Umented for Jofiab, 3fc. STated Feafls, Eajler, Pentecoft, Tabernacles, the New Moon, Numb, xxviii. ir. The firft Day of the Civil Year, or Tifri, Numb. zxix, 1. Lev. i. 23,24. The Feaft of Trumpets. Fafts appointed by GOD himfelf, Jejunium a deo injunftum^ Lev. ivi. Y 2 By 324 Thefaurus Theologian. By Men, Zech.vm. 19. the 4th Month when the City was broken up, Jer. xxxix. 2. and lii. tf, 7« the 5th, when the City was overthrown, 2 Kings xxv. Jer. lii. 12. and the Temple burnt, Zacb. vii. 3. the 7th, when Gedaliah was flain, 2 Kings xxv. 22. Zrfc&. vii. 5. Jer. xli. 1. the 10th or Teboth, when the City began to be be- fieged, 2 Kings xxv. 1. 3^. lii. 4. Befides thele publick, there are foaie private Fafts twice a Week, Luke xviii. 12. Thurfdays when Afyfo went up to Mount Sinai, and Mon- days when he came down. This they pretend was ordained by Ezra, or in his time. The Faft of the 4th Month, Ecclefiaftical Ta- muz,, about ouxjum^ on the 17th Day, becaufe the daily Sacrifice ceafed on that Day; the Law burnt, an Idol fet up in the Temple, and the City broken up. The Faft of the fifth Month, on the Ninth Day, about our July, becaufe the Temple was this Day burnt, wherefore they then read Job and the Lamentations. The Faft of the 7th Month Tifri, on the third Day, about our September, becaufe Gedaliah was then (lain, and his Death was thecaufeof many evils. The Faft of the tenth Month, on the tenth Day of the Month, about our December, for the City befieged. Feftum Enccsnientm celebratum fait die 25 Cajleu five Novembris oh templum & alt are tunc dedica- tum, a Juda Macchabao, 1 Maccab. iv. 59. Joh. X. 22. Feflum Pptrim celebratur die 1 4 d" 15 menfis Adar^ five Fibruarii nojiri, (jiioniam Judei per tot am Ajfueri ditionem ejlis dub in a confer at ione Hamanis Ube„ rati Thejaurus Thcolcgictts. 325 rati fnnt, & deinimicis fuis nlti : & luclm in gait- ditim convcrfus eft. Threni Jeremiah de Jo/ia, Lam. iv. 20. V(J). vide 2 Reg. xxii. 20. Eminent et Ecclefia Regr,iqne mifc- rias tancjuam prxfentes deploy at, oh aedtm Jjfis, ttt futur arum omnium cuLtmitatum primordmm. One or more Falls in every Month obfei ved by the J (vos, w the whole year 25. For Afofes, Aaron, his Sons, Jjjlma, Eli and his two Sons, and the Ark taken. Samuel, &:c. They keep the Feafl; of Trumpets the fn ft day of the Civil Year, or the month Tifri, to thank God for hi? Mercies the Year pafr, and ufc Rams Horns in memory of the Ram offered up inftead of JpUC. Jofiab 4104. Ez.rs. 42^0. 3 Ezra g 26 Thefaurus Theolcgicus. Ezra ix. 13, 14. Ver. 13. And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and, for oar great tref m pafs, feeing that thou our God haft punifhed us lefs than our iniquities dtferve, and haft given us fuch deliverance as this : Ver. 14. Should rve again break thy com- mandments, and join in affinity with the peo- ple of thefe abominations ? wouldjt thou not be angry with us, till thou hadft confumed us, fo that there fbould be no remnant nor efcaping ? IT T is for our Sins that Judgments are laid up- J. on us. 1. What Judgments? The EfFeftsof God's Wrath for Sin. 2. The Reafon. 1. God never puniflieth but juftly. 2. Juftice requires that Sin only moul4 be punifhed, J fa. lix. 2. Use. 1. See the Fountain of all your Miferies. 2. Repent, which is your only Cure. 3. Hate Sin. II. Our Punifhments are lefs than our iniqui- ties deferve. Con- Tbejaurus Thedlcgicus. ^ 2 j Confidcring, i. The Deformity of Sin. i. It tranfgrclfes fo good a Law. 2. Defiles fo precious a Soul. 3. Difpleafes fo gracious a God. 2. The greatnefs of our Sins. 1. Againit Knowledge, John iii. 19. 2. Confciencc, Ads ii. 15. 3. -—-The Reproofs of the Word. 3. By comparing what we fufier, with what we deferve. 1. We deferve univerfal, fufFer but partial. 2. We deferve fjpiritual, fuffer but bodily. 3. We deferve continued, fuller but tranfient. 4. We deferve eternal, fuffer but temporal Judgments. Use. 1. Murmur not at what you fuffer, Lnm.'\\\. 39- \ 2. Admire God's Mercy that you fufier no more. 3. Let this his Grace lead you to Repentance. Job xiv. 14. All the days of my appointed time mil I wait till my change come. OF all Mankind that ever lived in former Ages there is now not one alive upon Earth. And of all that are now alive,it is not long but every one will be carry'd into another World, and Y 4 that 228 Thefeurus Theologicus. — — ^— — — — ' ' c that either a World of Happinefs or elfe of Mife- r y, according to their Carriage and Deportment here* • 1, Of Happinefs for the good. 2. Of Mifery for the bad, Mat. xxv. 46". And nothing being more certain, than that all Mankind when they go hence are immediately conveyed into one of thofe Places, and by Confe- quence that you and I (hall e'er long be either in Heaven or Hell, as certainly as we are now here, it muft needs behove us very much to be often think- ing upon, and preparing for our Departure hence ; and that not only when we have Spe&acles of our Mortality lying plain before us, but all our Lives long, as we fee here Job did, All the days 7 &c. From which Words we may obferve, I. The Time of our abode upon Earth is ap- pointed by God himfelf, Job xiv. 5. and vii. 1. Mat. x. 29. II. Death is a Change, >r&hv\ N13 "iy So it is called too, 1 Or. xv. 32. becaufeof the many Changes it brings upon us. 1. We fnall then change our Place, going from Earth either to Heaven or Hell, Places of a quite different nature from that we are now in. 1'. Our Company. Here we keep Compa- pany only with Men } but there with Angels, either bad or good. 1. They that go to Hell, fhall have no other Society but that of the Devil and his Fiends, Mat. xxv. 41. 2. They in Heaven {hall enjoy theblefTed Company. Tbefaurus Theo!onicus» 329 1. Of glorified Saints and Angels, Heb. xii. 23. 2. Of Chi i ft, John x*ii. 24. 3. Of God himfelf, 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 3. Our Employments. Here we are gene- rally employed about nothing but the Toies and Trifles of this lower World-, but there, 1. Some will be employed in rcmembring their former Sins, in beholding GOD as angry with them, and in bewail- ing their former Mifcarriages, and Follies in provoking GOD and de- itroying themfelves. 2. Others will be employed in admiring, praifTng and adoring the eternal GOD, the chiefeft of all Goods, Rev. iv. 10. and v. 1 1 , 1 2. and xi. 16, 17. 4. Our Opinions. i. Concerning the World. 2. Concerning Sin. 3. Concerning GOD and Chrift, and the ways of Holinefs and Religion. 5. Our Conditions. The Poor in Time may be Rich to Eternity, and they Poor to Eternity who were Rich in Time. 111. We are always to wait for the Time when pur Change (hall come. 1. Patiently, Joblii. 20,21,22. So as not to haften it our felves, but to wait God's leafure till he mail fee good to call u>, Job xiv. 15. 2. To be always looking for it, and expect- ing our Summons to depart hence into the other World, Amos vi. 3. James iv. 1 3. This is the Reafon that tho' GOD hath 330 Tbefaurus Theologicus. hath determined our Days, yet he hath not acquainted us when they will be ex- pired, that fo we may be in daily Ex- pectation of it, Mark xiii. 33,34, 36. 3. So as to prepare your felves for it, that you may not be furprized, but may be ready to go whenever you are called, Luke xii. 40. As confidering, 1 . As Death leaves you, Judgment will find you, Heb. ix. 27. Eccl. xii. 7. 2. God will then judge you according to your Anions here, either to Heaven or Hell, 2 Cur. V. 10. Mdtth. XXV. 34, 41. To prepare your felves aright for your great Change. 1. Repent of all your Sins \ unlefs you turn from worfe to better while you live, be fure you'll turn from bad to worfe when you die, Luke xiii. 3. Repent 1. Cordially, Joel u. 12, 13. 2. Univerfally. 3. Conflantly. 2. Believe in Jefus Chrift, Atts xvi, 3 1, trufling only upon him for Pardon and Acceptance. 1. His Death. 2. -~ — Spirit. 3. -—Interceflion, ijohnili. 3. Walk in newnefs of Life. Making 1. Religion your Bufinefs, AEh x. 38. 2. GOD's Glory your end in all you do, 1 Cor* x. 31. Job Tbefaurus Thtohghtts* 37 1 Job xix. 2$. For I know that wj Redeemer Iiveth, and that he jhall (tand at the Utter day upon the earth. Numb. xxiv. 17. 1. T Know, that is, certainly believe, iTim. I. A 12. The Heathens had Knowledge of GOD, Rom. i.21. Achxvil 23. and of Chrift, Atls x. 2. That Redeemer. 7S1J. So //I*, lix. 20. S21 ht Rn& iii. 1 2. pvi >;>jn Sni: 'JQQ avip Sxj 1. Chrift became our near Kinfman by be- coming Man, Heb. ii. \6. hence called the fecond Man, 1 Cor. xv. 47. hence our Brother, Heb. ii. 1 1 . 2. Hence the Right of our Redemption was in him : From Sin and Mifery he re- deemed us. 1. From Mifery, by undergoing it for us, i John ii. 1,2. He being of our blood, Eph. i. 7. 2. From Sin, by fubduing it in us, Atts iii. 16. 3. My Redeemer. We mud believe he died for us particularly, If a. liii. 5, 6. John xx. 28. 4. Liveth, Johny'm. 58. Johni. j. 1. Really as God. 2. Effectually as Redeemer. 5. And that he mall ftand at the latter Day upon the Earth. Intimating, 1. Either his firft coming, 1 John ii. 18. 2. Or ' I - 2 22 Thefaurus Theologictts. 2. Or hisfecond, ABs\. \\. 6. And though after my skin, &c Quid hac prophetic manifejlitu ? NhHhs tarn Jsperte poft Chnfium quam i ft e ante Chrl- Jtiim de rtfurrtiiione loquitur. Hierom. fid Pammach. i. We fhall all rife again, As appears, 1. From Scripture, i Cor. xv. 52. 2. Reaibn. 2. Appear before the Judgment Seat of Chrilt, 2 Cor. v. 1 o. 3. Hence in our fiefh we fhall fee GOD* Uses. 1. Oft think of Judgment. 2. Prepare your fdves for it 1. By Repentance. 2. By Falls. 3.^ By Good Works. 3. Live like thofe that muft fee GOD with comfort. Job Thejaartu Theologicus. ^33 Job xlii. 5, 6. Ver. 5. / have beard of thee ly the hear* ing of the ear : but now mine eye jeeth thee, Ver. 6. Wherefore I abhor my felf y and repent in dufi and afbes. SUch as fee GOD fhould abhor themfclves, and repent in dull and afhes. I. What is it to fee GOD. 1. Neg. j. Not with the Eye. 2. Not the infinite Nature of GOD. 1. Pos. 1. With the Eye of the Soul. 1. Of Knowledge. 2. Faith. 2. The Works of G O D and Effects of his Attributes, Exod. xxxiii. 22, 23. 1. HisWifdom. 2. His Power. 3. His Juftice. 4. His Anger. 5. His Mercy. II. How fhould we abhor our (elves, .DKBN 1 . So as to be afhamed of our felves. 2. So as to contemn and defpife our felves, Ifai. vi. 5. III. What for ? r. Be- 3$4 Thefaurm Theologicus. i. Becaufe we are fuch polluted Creatures. i. In our Underftandings. 2. In our Wills. 3. Affections. 1. Becaufe we have led fuch polluted lives, Job xv. 14, 15, 16". IV. How mould we Repent, .19^1 ISKp 1. So as to be convinced of, 2. Humbled for, 3. Refolved againft, 4. Converted from, our Sins. Use. Repent. 1. No People have feen more of GOD. 2. No People have finned more againft him. 3. No People have been oftener called up- on to repent. Job xlii. 5, 6. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : &C. THE' right Knowledge of GOD is a fove- reign Antidote againft the wilful commiffi- on of Sin. I. What is a right Knowledge of GOD? 1. Diftinft, not confufed, ^/mi.23; 2. Scriptural, not mere Natural, zTim. iii.17.' 3. Experimental, not Hi(torical 5 1 Sam. vii. 35, 37. 4. Praai- Thefaurus Theologicus. \}± 4. Pradical, not Notional, Rom. 1 11. 5. Aftual, not Habitual. II. What is wilful commiflion of Sin ? It im- plies, 1. The Confent of the Will to it. 2. The Delight of the Soul in it. Ill What is it to be a Sovereign Antidote ? 1. It expels the Thoughts of it from the 2. It keeps the Atts of it from the Lite. IV. How is the Knowledge fuch an Antidote ? 1. In General. 1. The Knowledge, Neb. IV. 14. r\d. cxxxix. 2. The Righteoufnefs, P/i/.xcvi. 13. 3. The Love of G O D is an Antidote againft all Sin. 2. In particular. 1. The fins of our Judgments are cured by the Knowledge of G O D who is Truth, Df/^.xxxii. 4. ^ Of our wills by GOD who is Goodnefs, Mat.xxx. 17. 3. Our Affeftions efpecially defire, 1. Of Pleafures, Voluptuoufnefs. 2. Of Honours, Ambition, 3. Of Riches, Covetoufnefs. Use. 1. Inf. How few know GOD? 2. Convidion. They that know GOD will, 1. Love him. 2. Fear him, Proi; xxiii. 17. 3. Admire him. 4. Trult on him, Pfal.ix. 10. 5. Re- 336 Thefaurus Tbeologicus. 5. Rejoyce in him. 6. Be obedient to him. 3. Exhort. To labour to know GOD. 1. Motives. 1. 'Tis the Foundation of all Religion, 2 Vet. iii. 1 8* I fai. xi. 9. Rom. x. 2. 2. The ground of all Comfort. 3. It will bring Heaven to a Man now, John xvii. 3. 4. That will bring' a Man to Heaven here* after. i. Hindrances. i- The natural blindnefsof our minds, 1 Cor, ii. 1 4. 2. Perverfenefs of our wills, Jobxxl 14. 3. Conceit of our felves. 4. The cares of the World, Markiv. 19, £££* viii. 14. 5. The love of Pleafures. 6. The deceitfulnefs of fm, darling fins. 3. Mea ns. 1. Prayer, James i. 5. 2. Meditation. 3. Studying the Scriptures, John v. 39. 4. Frequenting the Ordinances, &>/». x. x 7' PsAL, Thefaurus Theologicus. 227 Ps a l. ii. 10, ir. Ver. 10. Be wife now therefore, ye Kjngs, be injlruffed, ye judges of the earth. Ver. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling, ( or reverence. ) J Ohn v. 22, 23. and xii. 44, 45. and xv. 23. I. What is it properly to ferve the Lord. In General. Ex. xx. 5. Mat. iv. 10. Col. iii. 24. To promote his Glory, Prov. xvi. 4. The Glory of his Wifdom, Power and Good- nefs, in the Creation and Government of the World. The Glory of his Grace and Truth in the Redemption of Mankind, John i. 17. Shewing, that we believe all that he hath faid, and are as certain of it, as what we daily fee. o II. How are DO^Q to ferve the Lord ? 1. In their private Capacities. 2. As they are concerned in making Laws. 1. ni!T is the Supreme Law-giver over the World ^ his Word is the Law, Pfal. xcvii. I, 5. Pfal.l. 12. Detit.x. 14. lfa. xxxiii. 22. Jac. iv. 1 2. 2. He hath given Laws to all things that are } by his Word, Pfal. cxlviii. 6. Vol. I. Z 3. He 3 $8 Thefaurus Theelogkus. iii i - ii ■ — —— — — « 3. He hath given Laws to all Mankind, particularly in his Word} fuch as'are fuitable to their Nature, and mofl conducive to his Hononr. Thefe werefirft written on Mens Hearts. Thefe were publifhed by himfelf. Explained by his Spirit in the Prophets. Recorded in the Holy Scriptures. 4. He hath given Liberty and Power to every particular Nation, as well as Church, to make by-Laws for the better Government of its felf. He himfelf made fuch for his own Peo- ple. But they were only local and temporary. 5. Thefe, if repugnant to the common Laws of the World made by GOD, are null, otherwife obligatory, Luke xii. 14. Bad Laws, though made to a good end, can never do good. Thefe things premifed, that they who are con- futed or concerned in making Laws, may ferve G O D in it, they muft, 1. Make that their chief end, and accordingly aim at. 2. Advife fuch Laws as may beft keep up the Knowledge and Service of GOD in the Land, and to promote his Honour. 3. For that purpofe they muft take fpecial care that the Laws be agreeable, or at leaft not repugnant, to the Laws of GOD. Hereby they own his Authority, and are fure to do nothing to his Di(honour. For this purpofe the Convocation is of great ufe^ and the Bifhops in the Houfe of Lords, Mai. ii. 7. 4. That Thtfaurus Tkologicus. 339 4. That they may ferve GOD in it, they muft enforce his Laws with Civil Sanctions, as the Church doth it wifli Ecclcfiaftical 7 this makes a National Church. What a glorious Kingdom wouljd tjiis be, if all the Laws were obferved ? Efpecially fuch as concern Religion. Rom. xvi. 17, 18. III. How are the JHK >B5p who execute the Laws, to ferve G O D as fuch ? 1. By keeping his Lawsthemfelves, and fo fetting others an example how to do it. 2. By puniihing thofe that break them, Rom. xiii. 3,4. 1 Sam. iii. 13. 3. By encouraging thofe that keep them, iinyi And now, becaufe he is fo mighty, v. 8, 9. Therefore it is the Wifdom of •rery Kingdom to ferve the Lord, and kifs the Son, Jer. xiii. 7, 8, 9, 10. 1 Sam. ii. 30. Jihn xii. 26. fide Vol. 2. Serm. 12. of this Author. Ps A l. vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked tvttj day. W Hat is it for G C D to be angry ? 1 . Neg. 'Tis not any Paffion. 2. Pof. It denotes, 1. Hispurpofe to punifh fin, folm iii. 36"". Rom. i. 19. 2. His thrcatning Punilhments, Hof. xi. 9. 3. The Punifhmcmfs the effect of his An- ger, Rom. ii. nnm Chald. Prov. xiv. 2. 4. Joy, Pf. xxxii. n. 5. Defire, Pf.xYu.u and lxxiii. 25. 4. The Equity of civil Actions. 5. The Piety of our whole Life and Con\*er- fation. Motives. 1. Herein confifteth our Likenefs to GOD, P/~xxv. 8. andxcii. 15. 2. It's pleafing to GOD, Provlxl 20. 3. Not only their Perfons, but Performances, are acceptable to him, Prov. xv. 8. 4. Confider the Promifes made by G O D to the upright. 1 , To blefs them, Pf. cxii< *. 2. To Thtfaurus Thto'o^icus* 347 2. To give them good things, Proz/.xxviii. 10. 3. To vvith-hold no good from them, Pf. lxxxiv. 1 1 . and xxxiv. 9, 10. 4. He will (hew them his Salvation, Pf. 1. 23- 5. To dwell in his Prefence, Pf. c*l. 13. II. We fhould alfo endeavour to keep our felves from our Iniquity. 1. What are we to underftand by our Iniqui- ties, or how may any fin be termed ours ? t.GOD made Man upright, Ecclef vii. 29. 2. Man made himfelf a Sinner. 3. Hence he is naturally inclined to Sin in general, more than to Holinefs, Ecclef. viii. 1 1 . 4. But there is fome Sin that every one of us is more particularly inclined to than others, Hch. xii. 1 . ariling either from, 1. Our Complexion. 2. Calling. 3. Condition. 4. Or Cultom. 5. This Sin that we are thus particularly in- clined to, we may well call our Sin. 2. How may we know it? 1. That Sin which thy Thoughts run moft upon, that's thy Sin, as Ahab^ 1 Reg. xxi. 14. 2. That Sin which thou intended principal- ly, and endeavoureft moft after. 3. That Sin which GOD hath plagued thee for, and yet thou wilt not refrain from. Thus Ambition was Pharoah's Sin. '4. That Sin which thou haft oft prayed and refolved againft, and yet art overtaken with. 5. That 348 Thefaurus Theologicus. 5. That fm which thou dofl not love mould be preached againft. 6. That fin that hinders thee moft in holy Duties, is 4hy fin. 7. That fin which we are leaft fenfible of, is often the fin we are moft inclined to. HI. Use. Not to allow any one fin thus to tiave Dominion over us. How canlt thou fay thou art gracious fo long as fm is allowed ? 1 . This thy fin, if allowed in thee, is incon- fiftent with true Grace. 1. In that, Sin and Grace are diredly con- trary to one another, 2 Cor. vi. 14. Mat. vi. 24. 2. In that, true Grace always fpreads it felf over the whole Man, 1 Thejf. v. 23. 2. How canlhthou fay G O D is thy Mailer, fo long as thou fufTereft fin to reign o- ver thee? 3. This thy fin will be thy ruin, Rom. vi. 23. IV. Mean s. 1. Labour to find it out. 2. Confefs it to GOD, Tfal.M. 3. Pray againft it, Pfal. xix. 12, 13. iCoyI xii. 8, 9. 4. Avoid the occafions of it. 5. Supprefs the firft Thoughts and Tempta- tions to it. 6. Apply the Promifes for the fubduing it, Jer. XXXi. 33. 7. Think frequently upon the account thou muft e'er long give for it. 8. At- Tbejaurm Theologicus. 349 8. Attend conftantly upon GOD's Word, Pfal. cxix. 133. Psal. xxvii. r. The Lord is my ligbt> and my falvation, whom /ball I fear ? the Lord is the Jlrength of my life, of whom /ball I be afraid > Explanation, HE Lord. T 1. His Name. There are three Names of GOD, D'DVx, '•JIN and nw which is the efientitl Name of the chiefeft good, who being the Being of all Beings, is called PITH' the Beings CD'H^N is tran- flated GOD, >J1N the Lord in fraall Letters, HUT the Lord in Capital or great Letters. 2. His Nature, which is belt known by the Names himfdf hath given himfelf. 1. 'JIN from THN Balis, becaufe he is the Bafis and Foundation of all things, without whom the whole Uni- verfe would fall down into nothing, jthn and rvnx T^N rvnN 2. ."nm IT The Being of all Beings, not only the Bafis, but the very Being of them, without whom not! ing can be, which therefore implies nim to be the abfolute Perfection of all things, and 3<>o Tbefaurus Theologicus. and that not only in the concrete, but the abftrafr. And fo is the glory of all Perfe&ions. 3. QftS 'N en 1 ?** from D*Z« to be Wor- shipped. The other Names fpeak what he is in himfelf, this what he is or ought to be to us, even a G O D worshipped by us. And this is the only Name that is attributed to GOD in the Plural Number, to fhew that GOD is to be worlhipped not only in the Unity of his EfTence, but like- wife in the Trinity of his Perfons. II. My Light, that which makes me to fee, and that whereby I fee, tlluminatio & lux me a & lumen^ lux in himfelf, lumen to us. III. My Salvation, in the Syriah MjjJb^O-S myRedemption,in the Arab. ^^f^^ my Sa- viour ^ but to tranflate it as the ChaU. Syr. and our Tranfiation have it, my Salvation, is more agreeable both to the Original World W! and the fcope of the place ^ for G O D is not ftri&ly our Saviour as miT but sW3paw©-; as sW^*-©* our Saviour, as HID' our Salvation it fell 7 . Indeed I have fometimes thought that the Word y&?> here fhould more properly have been tranflated Safety than Salvation, as it commonly fignifies - 7 becaufe Salvation properly denotes an A ft, and therefore not a fit Attribute of a Subftance ^ but fince confidering it more ferioufly in my Mind, I find that therefore becaufe it is an Ad, it is the more competible to GOD, who is attus fwijftmus } who is not oniy our Light, but our Illumination, not only our Tower, but our The) 'a ur u* Theologies. 351 our Protection, not only onr Guide, but our Di- rection, and fo not only our Safeguard, but our Salvation. IV. The Strength of my Life, Vn tfya CY.^e- & ilv 9ifc % r$r q'oGw &* th ^X* fl*6*«W. Theodoret. 2. The Law of GOD. 3. For the whole Duty of Man, Ecclef. xii. 13- Jobi. 8. fo always in Syriac, as for ivnCady I Tim. ii. 2. i%r]if fiUtf**' «f Vol. I. A a Par- 3 mi iytixfixj* & 4-vyiiv !M * "^eji ™ qavka Zfa%[x,aii Bafil. 3. So as Hill to love him, Deut.x. 12. it is true perfetf: love cafteth out a flavifll tear, 1 Jdm i. 1 8. Hie de timore quo iteo quo timet animci ne damnetar. Hie (Da- vid, Pfal. xix. 9.) de timore quo timet anima tie deferatur^ Aug. 4. So as ftill to hope, Pfal. til. 3. Pfal.xm. 1 9. Pfal. CXV. II. 5. To delight in his Commandments, Pfal. cxii. 1. 6. Conftandy, Prov.xxiii.17. Deut. xiv. 23. IV. How does it appear to be a great Sin ? 1. It is a Sin, Prfiv.jxim 17. Deut. vi. 13. Levit. xxv. 17. and xix. 14. EccUfxih t 3. Mat. x, 28. 2. That it is a great Sin. 1. Becaufe it is fo highly diflionourable to GOD, Rev. xiv. 7 2. Becaufe it occafions other (ins, Prov.xvi.6. AljlOvA, &li ooarv Ntarm >abSn pya P "V Eft nota attentionis, admirationis 3c cautionis. I Was formed in fin, I was a Sinner fo foon as a Creature, fo foon as my Soul was united to my Body, fin was imputed to my Soul, and in fin did my Mother conceive me, 'jnorv warmed, nourilhed me, from the firft moment of my Con- ception, even all the while that 1 was in my Mq? ther's Womb, even then did fin cleave unto me, as I was conceived in it : Even David himfelf, though never fo holy in himfelf, yet a finner by his Birth. Doctrine. All that are born of Men by natural Genera- tion, are born in Sin and original Con uption. I fay all that are born by natural Generation, that fo we may except our Saviour, who was born by Supernatural Conception. When I fay all Men are born in Sin, I mean not only the imputation of fin to them, but like- wife the inhsefion ? of fin in them. For original fio comprehends both under it , fo that all Men are **• 362 Thtj auras Tbeologictts. are both guilty of it, and alfo defiled with it. Both which may he deduced from thefe words : I was formed with fin inherent in me, and I was conceived with fin imputed to me,and more clear- ly, Rom. v. where all are faid to have finned in \Adam^v. 12. and all to be made finne.s by him, v.19 and it is neceflary for us to know this two- told original Sin, that fo we may look after that two-fold Righteoufnefs which we have in Chrift a'nfwerahle thereunto, Jollification, and Sun&ifi- catibn; the imputation of Chuffs Righteoufnefs in juftification, taking away the imputation of Father Adam's &Q to us, and the iurpid/iu>ion of Shrift's Righteoufnefs in Santifk uion, taking away the implantation - { \a tm'i fin in us. 1 fhali therefore briefly and diftinctly open unto you the Doct;" ; :-\t of Original Sin, as it implies both fome- thing imputed to us, and likewifc foojething in- herent in us. I. For the imputation of Adam's fin to us. For the underftauding of $is .confider, 1. That Adam was not only the firfl, but the Head of all Men •, as he was at firft all Men that we e ;n the World formally, fo 1 .e was all Men that ever fhould be in the World reprefenfatively } fo that GOD looked upon Adam as up^n on? in whom all the' Generations that ever fhould live upon Earth were reprefented \ and fo all Men that ever fhould be, were preient unto GOD in that one Man that then was. 2. Hence it is that what Alam did may juftly be reputed as done by all his Pofterity* If he had ftood, all his Pofterity fhould have flood, and if he fell, all his Pofteri- ty T hef aunts Tbeohgicus. 365 ty cannot but HI ■ ." oof G ds were embarked in I ■> lilUtewere put into his Hands oy the Wifdom and Goodncfs of the great GOD. 3. Hence it comes to pafs, that Aiiari finning againft GOD, we nil (ioiHtd with 1 im, and in him, l'othat the lin that be did is as really imputed to us, as if it had been committed by us j which is plain h om the comparifon that the Apoitle makes be- twixt the Difobedicncei'*" the fir/!-, and the Obedience ot the fee , Rot? . v. ip. To tkat this fin is ours, not by Imitation, but by Propagation. II. The inhefion of this fin in us: Confider, 1. Man was made upright, Ecclef. vii. ult. after the Image of GOD, Gen. \. 26. in that he had Reafon and Undcrftanding, Holinefs, Col. iii. ic. Epb.lv. 24. he had power to preferve his Affections right, which were at the beck and command of the Soul. 2. This uprightnefs and integrity wherein Man was fir ft created is now loft, the whole Soul and Body corrupted, the whole har- mony of Man diflblared ; fo that we are not only deprived of Grace, but defiled With fin ; the Image of GOD is not only raced out, but the Image of the* Devil is engraven upon our Souls ; all Men, and all of Men, being now quite out of order. 1. Our Souls with all their Faculties. 1. Miner*, with Ignorance, Rom. iii. Dark- nefs, Eph. v. 1 8. Incapable of Holy things, 1 Cor. 2. 14. It's fubjedl to the Senfitive Part. 2. Con- 364 Thefaurus'Theologieus. 2. ponfcience, Tit. i. 15. with blindnefs and ftupidity, not making particular applications, in not acculing, norex- cufing aright. 3. Memory, fenfitivc, intelle&ive, John xiv. 26. 4. Will in its Intentions, Elections, Sub- ordination to the Underftanding. 5. Aflfe&ions, Col. iii. 2. Tyranny over the Mind. 6. Imagination, Gen. vi. 5. %.' The Body, 1 Cor. vii. 1. Heh. x. 22. III. Hence it clearly appears that we have (in cleaving to us, and inherent in us \ for elfe how comes the Soul to be fo much out of order, that the whole Man, and the whole of Man, mould be fo polluted and depraved ? Use. 1. Lamentation, Exod. xii. 30. Oh wretch- ed, &c. 2. Condemn thy feif for every fin thou feefl committed by another \ Hodie tibi y eras mihi. 3. Labour after an interefl in Chrift to purge thee from it. 4. Endeavour" to fubdue it. Psalm I Thefaurtu Theologicus. j6$ P s a l. liii. 4. They have not called upon God. T is a fin not to call upon GOD. I. What is it to call upon GOD? n& ta to it. 1. A drawing near to him. 2. A fpeaking to him, Ao^©- ns^^twn and 4rJ>. III. How appears it to be a fin not to call up- on GOD. 1. He hath commanded it, Ifa. lv. 6. 1 Tim, ii. 8. 2« Becaufe praying is one of the principal parts of Worfhip we owe to GOD, whereby we acknowledge our dependancc upon him. Si invocare domini nomen & adorarc deum nnum & idem eft. Orig. ■ - ■ ■ IV. Who are guilty of this fin ? 1. All that pray to any one elfe but GOD, H&c ab alio orare ?iori y off am quam a quo me fuo confeqautaram^ Tertul. 2. AI! that neglect 'either Publick, Family, or private Prayers. 1 3. All that Pray, but not aright. Use I. Reproof. 2, Exhortation , call on G O D 3 pray to him* 1. Dire&ions. 1. Before Prayer. 1. Con- Thefaarm Theologicus. 367 1. Confider whom thou art going to. 2. What thou, ftandeft in need or to be prayed tor- 3. Renew th.y Refolutions 3gainft fin, PfalAxvl. I 8. 4. Forgive whatfocver thou haft agaiuft any Perfon, Mm. vi. 14, 1 5. 1 Tim. ii. 8. 2. In Prayer. t. Acknowledge thy fins againftGOD, before thou askefl Mercies from him, Ezr* ix. 6. Neb. i. 7. Dan. ix. 4, 5. 2. Ask Spiritual before Temporal Mer- cies, as in the Lord's Prayer. 3. Let thy Thoughts go along with thy Tongue. 4. Remember others as well as thy felf in Prayer, iTim.'u. 1. Eph.v'i. iS. Jam. v. \6. Mat. v. 44. 5. Blefs GOD for what thou haft, as well as ask of him what thou wanted, Phil. iv. 6. 6. Ask nothing but in the Name of Chrift, Eph. iii. 12. John xvi. 23. Qiri rtlle tnvoiat tUiirn per filmm m- vocat, & qui prope accedit per Chri- finm accede , Greg* Thaumat, -m^v ct r cfa imv\av dfyi?,*>v i 7. Ask in Faith, J*m.i.6. 1 Tim. ii. 8 Mark xi. 24. 8. If thou wouldft be fare to make a right Prayer, amongfc thy others ufc that which Chrift him felt made and appointed, Lnkt xi. 2. 3. After 3 68 T he f turns Theologies. 3. After Prayer. 1. Confider how thou haft prayed. 2. What thou haft asked. 3.. Expect a gracious anfwer, Vfal. v. 3^ Motives. 1. By Prayer thou draweft nigh to GOD, and enjoyeft Communion with him. 2. If thou call upon him, he will draw nigh to thee, Tfal. cxlv. 1 8. 3. Gallon him and he'll deliver you, Pfal.L 4. Thou haft a promife that he'll hear thee, job xxii. 27. PfaL lxv. 2. 1 John v. 14, 15. PSAL. lvi. 3. What time I am afraid, I will trufi in thee. W Henfoever we are afraid of any evil, wc are ftill to put our truft upon GOD. I. What is it to put our truft in G O D ? 1. To keep your Hearts from defponding or finking down under any fears. 2. To comfort our felves in GOD. 3. To exped^deliverance from him. II. Wha^is there in GOD we ought to put our truft in ? 1. In his Promifes, TfaL cxix. 42. Jfa xliii. 1. Jcr. xxxiii. 3. 2. His Thefaurus Theologicus. 369 i. His Properties, Pfal. xxxiii. 21. 1. His Power. 2. Wifdom. 3. Juftice. 4. Mercy, Pfal. Hi. 8. 5. All-fufficiency. III. Why fhould we in all our fears put our truft in GOD. 1. Becaufe there is none elfe that can fecureus from our fears, Prov. xi. 28. Whereas, 2. There are no fears but GOD can fecure us from them, either by removing the thing feared, or by fubduing the fear of the thing, $ob xi. \6. Use. Exhort. In all your fears Hill trull in GOD. 1. Are thy fears Spiritual? 1. Defertions of GOD? Pfal ix- iS. Lam. iii. 31. Ifa.\W> 8. 2. Temptations from Satan? Rom xvi, 20. 3. Tranfgreflions committed by thee ? If a. xliii. 25. 4. Corruptions remaining in thee, Mic. vii. 19. Exek. xxxvi. 27. 2. —Temporal? 1. Poverty ? I fa. xiii. ^. If a, xliii. 20. 2. Difgrace ? I Sam. ii. 30. 3* Enemies? Dent, xxviii. 7. Pfal. xvii.\ 3. Ifa.xM. 11. 4. Lofs of Friends? 5. Sicknefs? Jer. xxx. 17. 6. Death? Pfal. xxiii. .-. fab xiii. 15, Motives. 1. This is the bef way to allay thy fears, Pfal. exxv. 1,2. Vol, I, 6h < 2. Tis 370 The [ Mr us Theologicus. 2. 'Tis part of the Honour and Worfhipthou oweft to GOD. 3. It is one end of GOD's bringing thee often into fears. 4. To truft in G O D for deliverance is the beft way to obtain deliverance from GOD, PfaL xxxvii. 40. Pfal. cxxv. i, 2. Therefore is this Grace fo often promifed, Pfal.xl 3. Avu. Sfalt Save. fJ.OKD thy Cod jk all lity MeW*fl fy Soid :¥tky Mtihhwr ajs tliy. Self , ^ ^k u J/'&w & J 5 Psalm Ivii. 1. 7 Be merciful unto we y God, he mer- cifitl unto we, for my foul trufieth in thee : yea, in the fbadotp of thy wings will I make my refuge, until theft calamities be over/aft. I-TN times of Calamity we mull beg for Mer- X cy. 1. To prevent,^ 2. To preferve us in particular. 3. To fupport us under it. 4. To blefs and fan&ifie it to us. 5. To deliver us from it. II. We are alfo to truft on him alone, Pfah xx. 7. I. What are we to truft in him for ? 1 . This Life, 1 Tim. iv. 8. 2* That to come* 2. What Thefaurus Theologicus. 3 ^ r 2. What is requir'd to our trufting in GOD aright ? l« A thorough perfwafion that none elfe can do us good, Hof. xiv. 3. 2. Frequent meditations upon the goodnefs and greatneis of GOD, Pfal. x x vi. 8. 3. A looking on him as our GOD, John xx. 28. Pfal. xvi. 2. 4. An experimental Knowledge of GOD, Pfal ix. io« 2 Cor. i. 9, 10. 5. Ufing all lawful means, 1 John iii. 3. 3. How may we be perfwaded to this Duty ? *i 1. It is put for the whole Duty of Man, Pfal. cxv. 9, 1 o. 2. GOD brings us into troubles on purpofe to exercife our Truft on hjm. 3. This gives all glory to GOD. 4. It keeps the Soul in a calm and quiet eftate. "5. It endears GOD to us, and obligeth him to preferve us, Pfal. xvi. 1. Pfal. vii. I. Pfal. Ivii. 1. III. We are to hide our felves in GOD 'till calamities be paft. Confideringj f 1. No Calamity fo great but he can help us. 2. And will, if we trull on him, Pfil. xxxVii. 5, 6. 3. By this means our very Miferies will turn to our good. s- Use. Ttuit. now in G O D, vw>A a firm %>e7^P xxxl 4. I. What Arithmetical Operations mould we perform each Day ? 1. Addition. Add each day, 1. To the number of your Graces, 2 Pet. i. 5, 6. 2. To the Degrees of each Grace, 2 Pet. iii. 18. 2. Subftra&ion. Subflradr, r. From the fins of your Souls, Col. ii. 5. 2. From the ftrength of your fins. 3. Multiplication. Multiply, 1. Your thoughts of GOD, Pfal. exxxix. 17,18. 2. Your Thefdurm Theologicut* 377 % Your deiires of heaven, Pfal. xlii. 1,2. 3. Your endeavours after Salvation, 2 Pet. i, 10. 4. Divifion. Divide, 1. All your days into Holy and Common, Jfa. lviii. 13. 2. Each day betwixt your general and par- ticular Calling. 5. The Rule of Proportion. 1 . Proportion the Repentance of each Day to your fins. 2. Your thankfulnefs to your Mercies, 1 Thef. v. 1 1 . II. Directions how to number our days. 1. Caft up your accounts each Night. 2' Count that Day loft wherein you have not either, Epb. v. 1 tf. 1. Done, 2. Or gotten good. 3. Number the days gone not to come. Jam. iv. 13. 4. Count every Day the laft, Luh rii. 20. 5. To fubftraft every Day yon have lived from the whole of you life, that you may live, counting a day lefs to live. Job vii. 1. 6' Devote the refidue to the Glory of GOD. 7. The more days you liye, the greater account prepare to give, Ecclef. xii. 14. 8. Count all your days as a Cypher to Eter- nity, Pfal. xc. 4. 2 Pet. iii. 8. 9. The fewer days you expect to number, the more diligence ufe in them. 10. Examine 37^ The/aurus ThealogUus. io. Examine the nutnbring of your Days by the ordering of your Lives. ii. So number your Days, as to apply your Hearts to Wifdom. i. To know GOD. 2. Your felves. 3. Chrift, 1 Cor* ii. 2. Use. Learn this Art, beg of GOD to teach you it. Confider, 1. You have fpent much Time already. 2. You know not how little more you have. 3. You have a great Work to do, Phil, ii- 1 2. 4. Time once fpent cannot be recalled. 5. You mud give Account of it at the Day of Judgment, 2 Cor.y* 10. PSAL. XC. $. Tim turnefi Man to deftrutfion, and fayeft, Return^ ye children of men. Observation !• »His World is full of Turnings and Changes. 1. In our Conditions or Ettates, 2 Sum. xix> 43. and xx. 1. 2. Employments. 3. Names. 4. Bodies, Jwii.7,8. ^vii. 3,4,5. 5. Souls. Obs, Ibefaurus Theolcgicus. 279 Obs. II. The lad Tarn will be to Destru- ction. i. Of the whole Man, confifting in the Se- paration of Soul and Body, Heb. ix. 27. Job vii. 1. 1. Of the Body, in its Diflblution into its firft Principles, Ecdef.xn.7. 3. Of the Soul too (without Repentance and Faith) in Hell-fire. 1. From GOD's Prefence, 2 Thef. i. 9. 2. Its own Confcience, Mark ix. 44. Obs. III. GOD will hereafter bid us return again, 1 Cor,xv> 12,51. At this our Return 1. Our Bodies (hall be gathered together, Mat . xxiv. 3 1 . 2. Our Souls united again to them, Phil. iii. 2 1 • 3. Both of them brought before Chrift's Tribunal, Heb. ix. 27. 2 Cor. v. 10. 4. There receive their Sentence, Mat. xxv. 34» 4*' 5. And fo live together for ever, Mat. xxv. 4 5. Use. 1. Live above the Turnings of this Life, 1 Cor: vii. 29, 30, 31. 2* Prepare your felves to be turned out of it. By turning, 1. From your felves to Chrift, Mat.xi. 29, 2. From Sin to G OD, Ez,ek. xxxiii. 1 1. 3* From Earth to Heaven, Phil. iii. 20. PSAL. 380 Thefaurus Theologieus. Psal. cl. 6. Praife ye the Lord. f \T7 Ho is tnis Lord ? ••"^ Three Names. 1. ^"^ his Sovereignty. 2. mrp TvrvnK his unity. 3. CDTPK his Trinity. II. How are we to praife the Lord ? 1. With our Heads, by minding and ac- knowledging him. 2. Our Hearts. 1. By our Love and Thankfulnefs for his Mercies. 2. Our right rejoycing in our Mercies. 3. Our Mouths, Pfal. xxxiv. 1. PfaL lxxi. 14, 15. 4. Our Hands. III. What fhould we praife GOD for? 1 . In general, for Jefus Chrift. 2. In particular, in Chrift. 1 . For all his Spiritual Mercies. 1. His Graces. 2. His Comforts. 3. The Means of thefe his Ordinances. 1. Prayer. 2. Hearing. 3. Sacraments. i 4. Afflictions, fitb. xii, 10. Cor. iv. 17. 2. Tem- Thefaurus Theologicus. 381 1 — — — M>-_ 2. Temporal Mercies. 1 . His making us. 2. His maintaining us. Neither mull we praife him only for Perfonal, but like wife for National and Eccleliaftical Mer- cies. IV. Why mould we praife the Lord ? 1 . Confider the Greatnefs of that God that vouchfafeth thy Mercies. 2. Thine own Unworthinefs. 3. 'Tis all the Tribute and Impofl: that GOD expe&s from thee, or thou canft give to him. 4. The Praifing GOD for what we have, is the belt way to get of him what we want. For, <;. ft hath always been the Practice of the Saints. David feven times a Day, Pfal. cxix. 154. continually, Pfal. Uxi. 6. 6. Hereby we glorify GOD, Pfal. 1. 23. 7. 'Tis a good Evidence of our Sincerity. 8. 'Tis Angels now, and will be our Work to Eternity. PsAf.. 382 Thefaurus Tktologicus. Psal. cvii. 6. Then they cried to the Lord in their trou- ble ; and he delivered them out of their diftrejfes. I F we cry to the Lord in our Trouble, the Lord will fave us from our DiftrefTes. I. What Troubles ? All, whether 1. National, Lam. v. or, 2. Perfonal *, and thefe 1. Spiritual. 1 . From the Devil's Temptations, 1 Pet. v. 8. 1. To Sin. 2. To defpair. 2. From our own CorruptiptiSi Hcb. xii. 1. 2. Temporal, in 1. Our Names. 2. Relations. 3. Eftates. 4. Bodies. And all thefe 1. Felt, or 2. Feared. II. How mould we cry to the Lord ? 1. Heartily, ^r.xxix. 13. 2. Humbly, Luke xviii. 1 3- 3. Obedientially, 1 Sam. xv. 22. 4. Fervently, Rom. xii. 11. Col. vi. 12. jam. v. 16. 5. Under- Tbefdurus Theologicas. ->g,~ 5. Underftandingly, 1 Cor. xlv. 1 5. 6. Believingly, Mnt.x1i.22. Jsm.l& rnVi H ° W /^VV P S car ' that if " e "y to GOD we mall be faved by him ? 1. From God's Promifes, If4.xlv.12. Jam v. 16. 2. From the Saints Experiences, PfaUxx 1 Mofes, Daniel, Jonah, Peter. Use. Exhortation. Cry to the Lord. Confider 1. How many Troubles you feel. * 2. How many you fear. 3. This is one end why GOD afflicts you, that you might cry to him. Hof.v \ % 4. By this means you may be a means to keep off God's Anger from the Nation, Ez.ek.xxu. 30. Pfiti. cvi. 23. 5. Or howfoever your felves will be faved from the Evil of all Troubles What is curfed to others fhall be bieffed to you, Hof.v'i. 1. a t0 Psal. cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my fide, I Ml not fear what m*» can do unto me. H E nothlng! th theL ° rd 0Q Mslide > ™^™ 1. Who is the Lord ? 2. What is it to have him on our fide ? 1. lo have his Love. 2. Care. 384 The f Mr us Theologicu*. 2. Care. 3. Protection. 3. Why need we not fuch fear ? 1. Becaufe he is wife. 2 . —Mighty. 3. — Good. 4. Omniprefent, Pfal. xlvi. 1. 5. Governor of the World. 6. Prefervef of all things, 7. —Faithful. Use I. Get him on your fide. 1. Repent. 1. Mourn for Sin. 2. Turn from Sin. 2. Believe, 1. In the Merit, 2. Spirit, of Chrift. II. Fear nothing elfe but him. 1. He can prevent your Fears. 2. He can deliver you from the Evil. 3. He can turn them into Good. Psal. cviii. ii. Give us help from trouble ; for vain is the help of Man. *Hefe Words may h% 1. Vox pauperis. For, 1. It is God alone that makes us rich, Dent. viii. 18. 2 , That Thefaurus Thtologictu. ?8^ 2. ' That can make us contented, 1 Tim* vi. 6. 3. * That can faftify Poverty, Jam. ii. 5.' X Vox opprejfi. i . It is only God that can turn the Oppreflbr's Heart, Gen. xxxix. 21. 2. Tie his.Hands, P/*/. 122. 3. ^bjr tent at i. 1. It is he alone that permits Sitan to tempt us, Job \.6. 2* That enables us to withfhnd the Temptations, Jam. iv. 7. 3- And to overcome them, 1 Cor. x. 13. 4. And make us better by them, 2 Car. xii. 8, 9. 4. Vex Agroti. 1. It is he alone that cap. enable us to be pa- tient under Sicknefs. 2. ' — ^Direcfts us to proper means for Re- covery, 2 Cbron. xvi. 1 2. 3« ™That can blefs thofe means, Mark viii. 23. i Kings v. T4. 5. Pi* moribund!. He alone that can fuppiy us with what we want. 1. Pardon our Sins, Exod. xxiv. 6. 2. Accept our Perfons, Rom. viii. 33. 3. Support our Heart?. 4. With-hold the Temper. 5. Fit us for himfelf. 6. Deliver us from the Pangs of Death, by admitting us into the Joys of Ljfe„ 7. Make us happy after Death, Uses. 1. Expeft Troubles. 2. Prepare for thenh C c ji Look 386 3 he- nurus Ti eologictts. Look up to GOD only for Deliverance from them, 2 Chron. xx.n. Tfd. xlvi. 1, 2. Make fure of Help from GOD, efpecially in the general Trouble of Death. 1. By repenting. 2. By getting an Intereft in Chriir. 3. By being fanftifyed by the Spirit, ..Hebt xii. 14. Ps a l. cxxiv. 1, 2, 3, Ver. 1. If it had not been the Lord who' was on oar fide, now may Ifrael fay : Ver. 2. // it had not been the Lord who was on our fide, when Men rdfe up againfi us ; Ver. 3. Then they had fwallowed us up qfiick, when their Wrath was kindled againft us. Observation. OUR Deliverance from Enemies mutt, be afcribed wholly to GO D. I. Man, whilft GOD was his Friend, had no Enemies that could hurt him. II. Being fallen, hath ? 1. Spiritual. 1. The Devil, ,|^D 1 Pet. v. 8. 2. The World. 3. Hinv 'lh'jdut'H! Theolo/jcus. 387 3. Himfelf, Hof. xiii. q. 1. Temporal Men. III. It is GOD alone that preferves or deli- vers us from our Enemies. 1. Spiritual. i» Illuminating our Minds to fee, i. That they are Enemies, 2. And dangerous Enemies. 2. San&ifying our Wills. ;. Bringing our AfFe&ions into Order. 2. Temporal. 1. God alone hath Power in himfelf, Gen. xvii. 1. 2. All Creatures derive their Power from him, Atts xvii. 28. 3. Hence it is he alone that can limit the Power of our Enemies, Pfal. lxxvi. io. 4. And that can give us Power againfl; them 2 Chron. X. I 2. As in this Caufe, 1. Whatfoever Prudence thare is in our Commanders, Jam. i. 17. 2. Strength in our Ships, 3. Courage in our Soldiers, is only from God, Pfal. cxliv 1. 4. And whatfoever Succefs thefe have, is alfo from him, Pfal. xxi. 31. Use. Be thankful to GOD. So as, 1. To acknowledge this Deliverance C3me not from our feives. 2. That we did not defervc it. 3. And therefore afcribe all to GOD. 1. His Wifdom. C c 2 2. His 388 Thefaurus Thtologkus. 2. His Power. 3* His Mercy, Lam. iii. 22. This our Thankfulnefs we fhould exprefs, 1. In onr Hearft. 2. With our Lips, 3' In our Lives. 1. By rejoycing in him. 2. By trufting on him for the future/ PSAL. CXI?. 8. And. of gt -eat mercy, POD is a GOD of great Mercy. I. What is the Mercy of GOD ? It is an ef- fential Attribute of G O D, whereby he is ready of himfelf to fuccour fuch as be in Mifery. For by Mtfrcy in Scripture h fignifyed, 1. The Readinefs of the Mind to Iticcour, Pfai lxxxvi. -5, i£. and ciii. 8. 2. The IfTue and Effed of it, Exed. xxxiii. 19. Rom.ix. 15. II. To whom is he fo merciful ? J. To all with a common Mercy, Mat. v." 45. Luke vi. 35. Pfal. cxlvii. 2. To whom he pleafes with a fpecial Mercy 3 Epb. ii. 4. III. Wherein doth his Mercy appear ? i. In revealing his Will to us. 1. In continuing our Lives to us, . . % In Thef darns r pjeofogicuJ. 389 3. In his pathetical Expoftulations with us, fJof.xi. 8. Ezick. xxxiii. 1 1. 4. In vouchfafing his Ordinances to us. 5. In his Judgments upon us. 6' In fending his Son to die for us. Use s. I. Reproof to hardned Sinners, that GOD fhould be merciful to them, and they not dutiful to him. II. Confolation to Blefled Saints. 1. Are your Sins many ? GODisaGOD of many Mercies, Pfal.ciil 8. Ifa. lv.7. 2. Are your Sins great ? 1. His Mercy is greater. 2. Chrilt's Merits are greater. III. Caution. Abufe not the Do&rine of GOD's Mercy to the Increafe of your Sins» Pf. ciii. 11. Jttet. 4. IV. Lamentation. Is GOD a GOD of great Mercy ? Then furely we muft needs be a People of great Mifery. V. Exhortation. j 1. Praife him, Pfal. ciii 2, 3, 4. 1. Love GOD, Pf«l. cxvi. 1 . Lnh vii. 47. 3. Put your Trull in him. 4. Afcribe all you have or hope for to him. 5. Live in the Imitation of him, Luke vi. 36. Mat. xviii. 32, 33. 6- Fear andfervehim, Pfal.cxxx, 4. As we expect Mercy from him, we muft per- form our Duty to him. PROV, 390 Thefaurus Theologicus. Prov, HI $. Truft in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own underftanding. w E mould truft in the Lord with all our Hearts. I. We are not to truft in any thing but G O D. 1. Neg. Not abfolutely confider'd as GOD. 2. But relatively as our GOD, Pfal. xvi. i, 2. Heb. viii. 10. II. What is it to trull in the Lord with all our Hearts ? i. To exert the higheft degree of truft we can upon him. 2. To truft on none but him ; or him more than all things. III. How mould we truft in him ? i. In Temporals as well as Spirituals. 2. Our truft muft be agreeable to his promife, 3. It muft be built upon Chrift, 1 Cor. 1 20. 4. We muft ufe Means, Heb. x. 23, 24, 25. 5. In the greateft as well as the leaft means. 6. Conftant, PfaL lxii. 8. Use. Exhort. 1. Repent of this fin of trufting in other things. 1. It is bred with us as Creatures cor- rupt. 2. Frequently committed. 3. It makes the Creature a GOD. 4. It is an unprofitable fin. 5. It brings a curfe on all Mercies, Jer. XYii. <. Gen. ii. 8. 7*r.ii. 37. ' 2. Truft Thefaurus Thtologicus. 391 2. Trufl in the Lord above all things. 1. Means. 1. Often confidcr the inability of the Crea- ture, Hof. xiv. 3. 1. Labour to know God, Pfal. viii. 1 o. 3. Clear up thy intereffc in him, Pfal. xvi. 2. rjal. xci- 2. 4. Meditate on his Nature. 1. Great 2. Good. 5-Converfe much with the promifes ofChrift. 6. Let thy thoughts be intent upon Chriit. 7. Be frequent in Prayer. 2. M OT IVES. 1. Ye muft trufl: on fomething. 2. There is nothing elfe which you can in reafon truft in but GOD. 3. If you truft in GOD he will help you. V4. It's one end of Afflictions. 5. It giveth much glory to GOD, Rom. iv. 20. Pfal. xxxvii. 40- 6. It bringeth much quietnefs to the Souf, 7s xxvii. 1,2, 3. 7. Great Promifes are made to them that truft in him, Pfal, xxxiv. 22. Pfal.xxzl. 19. PJal. xxxvii. 4, 5. Prov. xix. 17. He that hath pity upon the poor, Itndeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given y will he pay him again. I.VT7Hat is meant by poor ? Thefe are, VV 1. Poor in Spirit, Mat. v. 3. 2. Poor in Grace. 3. Poor in Eftate. II. What ,j92 Thefaurus Tlieologkus. II, What by having pity? * . Companion towards them. 2. The relief of them, Jam. i\. 15, \6. 1. Obedientially, 1 Kings xvii. 6. 2. Chearfully, 2 Cor. ix. 7. -fow. xii. 8, 3. Underftandingly. 4. To the utmoft of our power. III. What doth the Phrafe, bg Undith to the Lord^ imply ? j . That they have a propriety in what they do cojpyj GOD gives to them what they lend to him. 2. That^vhen they give it to the poor, they do not give it quite away, hut onWlend it, flill retaining a propriety in it. 3. That GOD himfelf looks upon himfelf as their debtor for it. 4. How will GOD repay it? Either, 1, In the like, Prov.xlt%. Or, 2. In better, things. 1. Grace or comfort here. Or, 2. G^lory hereafter, Mat. xix.29. Use. lav. Theli the poor that -receive from others^ have fo much of the Lord's in their Hands, 2. Exhort. 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